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Health and dietary fibre

John I. Ahmad (Senior Lecturer in Food Science at the School of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Humberside, Grimsby, UK.)

Nutrition & Food Science

ISSN: 0034-6659

Article publication date: 1 February 1995

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Abstract

Posits that fibre is an essential constituent of the daily diet. Outlines the types of dietary fibre and summarizes some common diseases associated with the lack of fibre in the human diet.

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Ahmad, J.I. (1995), "Health and dietary fibre", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 95 No. 1, pp. 18-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/00346659510076512

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MCB UP Ltd

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