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Green leafy
vegetables 75 100
Other vegetables 75 75
Fruits 50 50
Milk 250 250
Fat and oil 35 35
Sugar and Jaggery 50 35
Meat, fish or egg — 30 gram or 1 egg
ROUGHAGE cellulose can absorb a lot of water and
helps to retain water in the body.
Though roughage is not a food, it is an
important part of balanced diet. Roughage v Roughage adds bulk to food and
neither gives us energy like carbohydrates prevents cons pa on. Since roughage is
nor fats nor builds our body like proteins bulky, it expands the intes nes as it
do, but it is important for the normal moves through the passage of waste
working of the diges ve system. Roughage making the food easier to pass through
is the fibrous material presented in plants the bowl. The roughage also s mulates
and their products like fruits and veget- the muscle contrac on in the intes ne
ables. Roughage mainly consists of the walls causing movement of food.
indiges ble plant carbohydrates called Thus, roughage keeps the food moving
cellulose. The walls of the plants cell are in the intes ne and hence prevents
made up of cellulose. So, when we eat cons pa on.
fruits, vegetables and plant materials, then
Sources of Roughage
a large quan ty of cellulose, forms in our
The sources of roughage in our food are
body. But our body does not digest the
salad, vegetables and fruits with skin high
cellulose, it remains undigested and being a
fiber contents. Cabbage is one vegetable
fibrous material it keeps the digested
which provides us a lot of roughage. Corn
system in order.
cob and half–crushed wheat also provides
The various func on of roughage in our roughage to our body, along with other
body are given below: nutrients. All these food items have
v Roughage helps in retaining water in the cellulose content which act as roughage.
body. This is because of the fibrous These fibrous materials are good for
nature of the roughage. Being fibrous, diges on and helps in bowel movement.
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