India, May 27 -- Fibre is one of the most essential macronutrients that the body needs, but is often found lacking in diets. The introduction of snacks with added fibre in the supermarket seeks to address this very issue.

However, many are cautious about the effects of such fibre-fortified snacks on health, and even claim such fibres to be fake. Taking to Instagram on May 21, Dr Karan Rajan, a UK-based surgeon and health content creator, explained whether such criticism holds merit.

According to Dr Rajan, irrespective of the fact whether the fibre that we consume comes from a blueberry or a fibre-fortified snack, the fibre molecule is perceived by the gut bacteria in largely the same way. This means that it gets fermented, produces shor...