India, Aug. 22 -- You may feel like your diet is sorted and wholesome, but there may be many unseen dietary missteps (or rather neglect). One of these gaps includes fibre deficiency, which is very common. Often, the attention of what's on your plate hinges heavily on protein, primarily focusing on its daily intake in accordance with body weight. But much like this macronutrient, fibre, too, has an important role to play in your wellbeing.

Clinical dietician Sifa Chishti at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, shared with HT Lifestyle that nowadays there's a low intake of fibre in the Indian diet.

Describing what fibre is, Sifa explained, "Dietary fibre is a type of carbohydrate which cannot be digested by the human body. It is n...