Question

Describe non-nutritive components of diet in detail.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Fibre or Roughage: Fibre or roughage has no nutrient value. Hence, it is included in the non-nutritive components of diet. It is the undigested part of the food or it can be said that it cannot be digested by the human intestinal tract. It consists of water and improves intestinal function by adding bulk to food.

Answer 2

Non-nutritive components of diet are the ones which don't provide calories or energy. The basic non-nutritive components of diet are as follows :-

• Roughage
• water
• colours
• flavours
• pesticide residues