It is a complex carbohydrate, and is the parts of plants that cannot be digested. It also known as bulk or roughage. Fertility Capable of producing offspring (children)

Indigestible plant residues that are not broken down by the process of digestion. They add bulk and roughage to the food in the gut.

a substance found in foods that come from plants and helps in the digestive process.

Essential dietary component. Some fibre sources are more indigestible than others for horses – for example, straw is less digestible than grass. Hay, grasses and chaff are high in digestible fibre. Fibre sources are broken down by micro-organisms in the hindgut.

The cellulose fibre, typically from cotton or wood, that is the main ingredient of paper. Specialty papers may contain synthetic fibres such as rayon or nylon.

The indigestible part of plants. Insoluble fibre: Necessary for optimal bowel health and found in plant foods such as whole wheat, wheat bran, dried peas and beans as well as in fruits and vegetables. Soluble fibre: Has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels as well as play a beneficial role in regulating blood sugar levels. It's found in grains such as psyllium, oats, barley and rye, in dried peas and beans as well as fruits and vegetables.

1. A slender, thread-like structure of organ tissue. 2. In the diet, strands of complex carbohydrates (cellulose) that aren't digestible.

Also known as roughage – it's something in your food that helps keep your bowels healthy

Found only in plant foods, fibre refers to the remnants of plant cell walls that are resistant to digestion by the human body. Dietary fibre, the fibre in our diets, can be either soluble or insoluble. Soluble fibre, such as that contained in oats, dissolves in water and is associated with blood cholesterol reduction. Insoluble fibre, such as bran, does not dissolve in water and produce bulk in the diet.

fibres for papermaking, can be animal (e.g. wool or hair), mineral (e.g. asbestos) or plant. Plant fibres are the most important group, the important constituent being cellulose which is extracted from a variety of plants. Suitable plant sources can be grouped into several types: Seed hairs, e.g. cotton Bast fibres from the inner bark or stems, e.g. linen, hemp, jute, ramie, mulberry Leaf fibres, e.g. esparto and manila Grasses, e.g. straw, bamboo Wood, usually softwoods such as spruce, fir or pine, but can be hardwoods. See chemical, mechanical and thermo-mechanical pulps. Plant fibres can be extracted from the plant itself or from secondary sources such as rags.

the indigestible part of plants (fruit and vegetables) in the food we eat, which forms a large part of the faeces. Fibre helps to hold water in the faeces, making them softer and easy to pass.

indigestible cellulose in our food (roughage)

The part of a plant which is not digested. It makes the stools soft.

is a type of material within foods mainly found in vegetables, fruits and cereals that adds bulk to the diet aiding digestion.

intercellular structure of seeds and plants, which dilute carcinogens in the colon and speeds them through the digestive system, discouraging growth of harmful bacteria, while bolstering healthy ones

Residues of vegetal foods not transformed by digestion and considered as exclusively cellulose. Although they do not have food properties, vegetal fibre s play an important role in the colon physiology, since they facilitate digestion. Back

Part of plants which the body cannot digest; helps your digestive system and bowels keep working well.

substance in foods that comes from plants, which helps with digestion by keeping stool soft so that it moves smoothly through the colon.

Found in the cell wall of plants. Helps to prevent constipation. Also known as NON STARCH POLYSACCHARIDE (NSP).

A component of food which isn't absorbed by the body and may help to lower blood cholesterol levels. You should aim for a fibre intake of 25 to 30 grams a day. To increase the fibre in your diet, choose more whole grain products, vegetables and fruit, beans, peas, and lentils. For heart healthy eating, try to increase your intake of soluble fibre as well.

food substances found in cereals, fruits and vegetables that are not digested but help the function of the intestines

Dietary fibre is the indigestible carbohydrate found in the cell walls in foods of plant origin. It plays a key role in a healthy diet, whether it comes from whole grains, wheat bran, beans, lentils, dried fruit, nuts, seeds or fresh fruits and vegetables. Whole grains and foods made with whole grains, all contain fibre in different amounts. Eating whole grains is a good way to benefit from the positive effects of fibre. The positive effects of fibre include health benefits such as reducing risk of chronic diseases, as well as the assistance in weight management.

The raw material for the manufacture of paper is cellulose fibre which can be obtained from trees, recovered paper and annual vegetable fibres such as cereal straw.

Eating plenty of fibre in your diet helps to keep your bowels working regularly and provides you with some nutrients too. After cancer treatment, some people have to cut down on fibre to help control diarrhoea. There is fibre in wholegrain cereals, rice and pasta; wholemeal bread and flour; fruit and vegetables; beans, pulses and lentils.

String of cellulose from which paper is made.

coarse, indigestible plant matter, consisting primarily of polysaccharides such as cellulose, that when eaten stimulates intestinal activity. In this sense, also called bulk; roughage

Dietary fibre is the part of the plant we canâ€(tm)t digest. Soluble fibre has been associated with improved blood glucose control. Insoluble fibre may reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.

A cotton fibre is classified in four ways, by its length, micronaire, strength and uniformity. (See also length, micronaire, strength and uniformity). The fibre typically accounts for approximately 35 percent of the weight of a seed cotton, though this proportion varies.

Term used in the starch industry to denote the predominantly cellulosic material present in corn husks.

A form of carbohydrate which your body can't digest. Fibre helps your digestive tract work.

The two major fibre types are Egyptian cotton and Sea Island quality cotton.

non-digestible carbohydrates. Fibre is essential as a bulking agent to help food pass quickly and easily through the bowel. A lack of fibre in the diet can lead to constipation. Humans as organisms

Same as fiber.

Fibre-optic cables convey data coded in pulses of (laser) light, which are trapped inside a thread of very special glass which is notoriously thinner than a human hair.

a substance that can be separated into threadlike structures for weaving, etc.

thin thread of a natural or artificial substance, especially one that is used to make cloth or rope

a subdivision of a thread

a fine thread: most textile fabrics are composed of fibres that have been spun into thicker yarns which are then woven or knitted Fibre (2) a food ingredient derived from plants

Natural or man-made units of matter which can be spun into a yarn or made into a fabric by various methods including weaving, knitting, braiding, felting and twisting. The essential properties for fibers to be spun into yarn include a length of at least 5 millimetres, flexibility, cohesiveness, and sufficient strength. Other important properties include elasticity, fineness, uniformity, durability, and lustre.

a material used to make textiles which is flexible, fine, and has a high ratio of length to thickness.

A fancy thread used to decorate scrapbook pages and cards.

Long, very thin, flexible and strong like cotton thread, or like stringy wood. Parent Term: Texture Difficulty Level

A thin strand that may be spun to make thread.

A fine, threadlike piece; matter made from such threads.

Textile raw material, generally characterised by flexibility, fineness and high ratio of length to thickness.

A serial data transfer architecture developed by a consortium of computer and mass storage device manufacturers and now being standardized by ANSI. The most prominent Fibre Channel standard is Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL). FC-AL was designed for new mass storage devices and other peripheral devices that require very high bandwidth. Using optical fiber to connect devices, FC-AL supports full-duplex data transfer rates of 100MBps. FC-AL is compatible with, and is expected to eventually replace, SCSI for high-performance storage systems.

Fibre-optic cabling, used for high-bandwidth connections over longer distance than ethernet allows.

A short tube used to make solder-less connections to shielded or coaxial cable. In fibre optics, a tube with a central hole that holds the fibre in a connector.

A way of transmitting data or voice signals that uses glass or plastic fibres rather than copper wire. The signal is generated by pulses from a laser or light emitting diode. Fibre-optic cable has a much greater bandwidth than copper.

(Also known as "fibre channel.") A device (in the case of RAID, a data storage device) protocol capable of high data transfer rates. Fibre channel simplifies data bus sharing and supports not only greater speed, but also more devices on the same bus. Fibre channel can be used over both copper wire and optical cable. An optical network data transmission cable type which is unrelated to fibre channel (above).

The component from which a yarn is produced. It can natural or man made.

Single strand of wool.

Individual strands from an animal, plant or manmade made from chemical processes, that are then twisted together to make yarn.

the basic natural or man-made material used in the production of a yarn.