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Role of Dietary Fibers and Their Preventive Measures of Human Diet

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The dietary fiber is the most important component of human diet. Dietary fibers are the indigestible carbohydrates that cannot be hydrolyzed by the endogenous enzymes in the human intestine but can be utilized by the microflora present in the human gut. Nowadays, people are suffering with several metabolic disorders due to lack of dietary fibers in the diet. The dietary fibers play an important role in the human metabolism by providing cleansing action and making regular in the morning. Constipation is the major problem that happens with the diet devoid of dietary fibers. Globally, people are suffering with several types of non-communicable diseases due to fiber-free diet viz., cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, cancer, etc. The consumers have now become conscious about their health and trend and it is continuously being changed in the food processing sector. The food processing industries have started to make food enriched with fiber, for consideration of human health. There are some food that lacks in dietary fibers viz., meat, milk, fish, and egg completely devoid of dietary fibers. So it is the responsibility of food technologists and food processors to fulfill the need of today by making such food products that carry the sufficient amount of dietary fibers and must have appealing taste and flavor to attract the consumers. This chapter will cover the role of dietary fibers on body metabolism in the prevention of several types of non-communicable diseases.

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  2. Food Science & Nutrition Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Ahmad, S., Khan, I. (2020). Role of Dietary Fibers and Their Preventive Measures of Human Diet. In: Ahmad, S., Al-Shabib, N. (eds) Functional Food Products and Sustainable Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4716-4_8

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