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Chew on this

Question:

I’m a bit wary of the fibre claims of products that contain whole seeds. We know that seeds can pass through undigested. Does this mean we have to chew every single seed to get the full fibre content?

Answer:

High-fibre plant-derived foods, such as whole grains and seeds, are typically the source of undigested food fragments that pass through our digestive system unchanged. But that does– seeds and fragments of grains play an important role by travelling undigested through our gut.

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