So if some fibre is soluble, and if digestion is the breaking down of insoluble compounds into soluble compounds for absorption into our blood plasma, how do we not digest soluble fibre? There's a part of this I'm not understanding. I keep reading that it just turns into a gel-like substance in the intestines. Is it simply that this fibre is not absorbed into our plasma?
So if some fibre is soluble, and if digestion is the breaking down of insoluble compounds into soluble compounds for absorption into our blood plasma, how do we not digest soluble fibre? There's a part of this I'm not understanding. I keep reading that it just turns into a gel-like substance in the intestines. Is it simply that this fibre is not absorbed into our plasma?
So if some fibre is soluble, and if digestion is the breaking down of insoluble compounds into soluble compounds for absorption into our blood plasma, how do we not digest soluble fibre? There's a part of this I'm not understanding. I keep reading that it just turns into a gel-like substance in the intestines. Is it simply that this fibre is not absorbed into our plasma?