Roughage

Their twisted mountaintop tale of love and eating proper roughage is sure to peak your interest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I noted in an update that "ballast" also means roughage -- a particularly apt definition for my initial, ironical use because roughage is a great ingredient for bullshit. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Fiber: Parts of plant foods that are indigestible or very slowly digested, with little effect on blood glucose and insulin levels; sometimes called roughage. ❋ Dr. Eric C. Westman (2010)

Insoluble fiber technically called cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, also known as roughage, does not dissolve in water or break down in your digestive system. ❋ Brenda Watson With Leonard Smith (2007)

Fiber, or what some call roughage, is essential for healthy bowel function. ❋ M.D. Walter C. Willett (2005)

Fiber, also known as roughage, comes in two types: soluble fiber, which dissolves in water and may form a gel that carries food through the digestive tract; and insoluble fiber, which doesn't dissolve in water and rapidly passes through the digestive system largely intact. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The insoluble dietary fiber in Nopal - more commonly known as roughage - absorb both water and toxins and slowly and gently hastens food through the digestive track and thereby contributes to regular bowel movements. ❋ Amp;34; (2010)

The insoluble dietary fiber in Nopal - more commonly known as roughage - absorb both water and toxins and slowly and gently hasten food through the digestive track and thereby contributes to regular bowel move ments. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I personally found the line about "roughage" humorous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In other words, while you would use the word ballast to characterize Cheney's comments as "roughage" I would use the same word to characterize them as lending stability and reason to the political discourse. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Then tends to make inflamed and barely healing intestines get grumpy, parituclarly when scraped with "roughage". ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)

Or, if you're not watching Brian Williams and reading The New York Times - the "roughage" as opposed to the Jon Stewart's "dessert," you're ignorant. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The healthiest and most gentle way to have softer, more frequent stools is to drink a lot of water and to eat more foods with lots of natural fiber, or 'roughage' like cassava, yam, or bran (wheat husks) and other whole grain cereals. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Only a few are especially valuable as fuel or as a source of protein, but almost all are high in mineral salts and can supply the "roughage" desirable in the diet. ❋ Florence Powdermaker (1930)

Yet all of the "roughage" for thirty head of stock was raised on the thirteen acres of available soil. ❋ Bolton Hall (1896)