Dietary fiber and health

Abstract

According to biochemical properties, dietary fiber is resistance to animal digestive enzymes. This inversely giveshealth benefit to the organisms. The benefit includes increasing fecal mass to promote defecation, adsorption of toxic substancesto disposal and being prebiotics. The latter drives the healthy immune environment of the gut. Since the role ofdietary fiber on health is evidenced the appropriate means of analysis and further studies on its health benefit is required.

Key words: Dietary fiber, Health, Immunity