What are the benefits of cellulose?

However, modern science has proved that dietary fiber is also one of the necessary food nutrients to maintain human health. So it is called the seventh nutrient. Cellulose is a kind of polysaccharide, which is the main part of plant cell wall and often coexists with hemicellulose. Hemicellulose is also a kind of polysaccharide, which is one of the main components of plant cell wall. Neither cellulose nor hemicellulose can be digested by human body. Bran and bran are mainly composed of cellulose. Beans, vegetables and fruits are generally rich in cellulose. The cellulose (and hemicellulose) provided by the above foods has many important physiological functions for human health, which can be summarized as follows: dietary fibres can soften and increase defecation, promote intestinal peristalsis, facilitate intestinal emptying and keep defecation unobstructed. However, people who mainly eat fine foods such as high protein and high fat don't eat dietary fiber or seldom eat dietary fiber, which is easy to constipation, so that harmful substances in feces stay in the intestine for a long time, stimulate the neon intestinal wall or be absorbed into the blood, which is harmful to the human body and easy to induce intestinal cancer. If you eat food containing more cellulose, it can be selectively decomposed and fermented by intestinal bacteria in the large intestine, thus promoting the proliferation of aerobic bacteria, stimulating intestinal mucosa, accelerating fecal excretion, and normalizing intestinal function. Dietary fibres for preventing coronary heart disease plays an important role in preventing and improving heart disease caused by coronary atherosclerosis. This is because in the process of fat metabolism, cellulose plays a role in inhibiting or delaying the absorption of cholesterol and triglycerides in lymph. Under the usual dietary conditions, appropriately increasing the intake of cellulose and reducing the intake of fat can reduce the absorption of cholesterol and reduce the cholesterol level in the body, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Prevention of diabetes The incidence of diabetes in westerners is very high. Low intake of cellulose is an important reason. Increasing the content of cellulose in food can improve the sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin, thus achieving the purpose of regulating the blood sugar level of diabetic patients. Weight loss and obesity are mostly related to excessive calorie intake from food or too little physical labor. Improving dietary fibres accounting can reduce the intake of heat energy, shorten the time of food staying in the intestine and consume the fat stored in the body, thus playing a role in losing weight to some extent. The prevention and treatment of hemorrhoids are related to long-term congestion and blood stasis caused by constipation. Because of the laxative effect of cellulose, it can reduce the pressure around the anus and make the blood smooth, thus playing a role in preventing and treating hemorrhoids.