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No, your body cannot digest fiber. Fiber is a special type of carbohydrate that passes through the human digestive system virtually unchanged, without being broken down into nutrients.
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∙ 15y agoSome fibre is digestible . This is called soluble fibre (oats, beans, peas etc). Other types of fibre are insoluble meaning they are not digested (cabbage, broccoli, bran, wheat cereals etc)
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∙ 15y agoNo. That's the intent of fiber--to NOT be able to be digested.
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∙ 13y agoNo dietary fiber is absorbed. Fiber passes through the body relatively unchanged.
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∙ 11y agono fiber is not easily digested
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In which process is fiber absorbed into the large intestine?
it is absorbed in the small intestine before it gets absorbed back into the large instestine.
What is total fiber?
Total fiber is the sum of dietary fiber and functional fiber. Dietary fiber is found in plant products. It is the naturally occurring nutrient found in grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, peas and nuts. It is all parts of plant food that we can't digest or absorb in the small intestine. Because it passes through our body without being absorbed, it does not have calories
Is fat absorbed directly into the bloodstream from the small intestine If Not Where is it absorbed?
Fats are absorbed in the small intestine, along with carbohydrates and proteins.
What is removed from the food in the small intestine?
Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.
What intestine absorbed nutrients into bloodstream?
the small intestine
Names of the materials are absorbed by the small and large intestine?
In small intestine: Protein, glucose, and lipidsIn large intestine: mostly absorbed salt and water
Where is water and min the blooderals from food absorbed into?
Nutrients are absorbed by the small intestine. water in absorbed into the large intestine.
What do small molecules do in small intestine?
Small molecules are absorbed in the small intestine...I hope this helped...
In the small intestine where are lipids absorbed?
In the absorptive enterocyte of the small intestine.
In what organ in the small intestine is food absorbed into the blood?
The jejunum.
In which intestine are final nutrients absorbed?
In the small intestine, indeed this is where the vast majority of the nutrients are absorbed.
Which intestine is glucose absorbed into?
It is absobed into the small intestine:)
