Otherwise known to many as ‘roughage’, fibre is basically the carbohydrates that cannot be broken down by a humans’ digestive enzymes. Its main purpose is to keep the digestive system healthy and functioning as required, as well as stabilising glucose and cholesterol levels. As with carbohydrates, fibre can be both simple and complex, but in addition to that it also comes in two forms; soluble or insoluble.

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