TYPES OF FIBER

• PECTINS: IN CELL WALL OF FRUITS, BIND BILE SALTS

• GUMS: STICKY SUBSTANCES EXUDED BY PLANTS, LOWER CHOLESTEROL UPTAKE AND SLOW SUGAR ABSORPTION

• CELLULOSE: PLANT CELL WALLS, BULK AND TOXIN ELIMINATION

• HEMICELLULOSES: PLANT CELL WALLS, BULK

• LIGNIN: ROOT VEGETABLES, BULK

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