India, Dec. 15 -- Fibre is considered an important part of our daily diet, despite not being digested by the human body. The fibre content of food items is listed alongside their nutritional values, which further accentuates the confusion.

Taking to Instagram on December 9, Dr Sarah Ballantyne, medical biophysicist, PhD Scientist and author made a case as to why fibre holds the place of importance in the daily nutrition list.

Ensuring sufficient fibre intake as part of our regular diet helps decrease the risk of a wide array of diseases, according to Ballantyne. Some of them are listed as follows:

Noting that the list is far from over, she added that every 10 grams of daily fibre that we consume reduces all-cause mortality risk (an ind...