The fiber from Abbys oatmeal eventually hits the large intes

The fiber from Abby’s oatmeal eventually hits the large intestine largely undigested. Explain why our body can’t digest fiber and explain what happens to the fiber from Abby’s oatmeal once it reaches the large intestine.

Solution

Fibres are a group of polysaccharides thatresisr their digestion in ourbody. They are only obtained by the plant sources and not animals.

They are not digested in our body because the appropriate enzymes to break down the beta acetal linkages in fibre aremissing in our body

This fibre from abby oatmeal when reaches the large intestine, the symbiotic microbes utilise them for their own growth and produce scfa small chain fatty acids.

Bot all fibres are utilised by them, the rest are eliminated from our body without getting digested, binding toxins and waste products as it goes.