Dietary fiber is the structural components of foods that cannot be digested by the human body. All fruits contribute to dietary fiber.
Fruits that rich with dietary fiber including: apples, bananas, berries, cherries, and cranberries.
Dietary fiber consists of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and pectic substances, which are derived primarily from fruit cell walls and skin. Therefore, the fiber content of a fruit eaten with the skin such as unpeeled apple is higher than that of a fruit eaten without skin.
Fiber content of fruits is usually in the range of 1% to 3%. It depends on the stages of maturity of the date fruits.
Dietary fiber plays an important role in relieving constipation by increasing water holding capacity of feces.
It has been long recognized that diets rich in dietary fiber is also linked to decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease, diverticulosis, and colon cancer.
An Italian study supports the hypothesis that dietary fiber in fruits is one of the beneficial components that protects against laryngeal cancer risk.
Dietary fiber component in fruits
