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Lovely Gupta1, Deepak Khandelwal2, Sanjay Kalra3
1Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
Abstract:
South Asian population is facing rapid changes in dietary pattern with a shift from healthy traditional high fibre diet to calorie-dense low fibre. This has resulted in epidemic of lifestyle disorders including diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease in these populations. High fibre diet has shown to decrease risk of these lifestyle disorders as well as many gastrointestinal disorders including colorectal cancer. There is an urgent need to increase fibre component in the diet of these populations to prevent the lifestyle disorders. This review focusses on health benefits of high fibre diet and ways to increase fibre in South Asian diet.
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