The Department of Endocrinology, 
Fibre and Water, The mega nutrients of metabolic health.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India
- University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 73 · Issue 5 · pp. 707-708
PMID 36932790 DOI 10.47391/jpma.23-19
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Saurabh Arora, Nitin Kapoor. Fibre and Water, The mega nutrients of metabolic health. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2023;73(5):707-708. doi:10.47391/jpma.23-19
Abstract
Nutrients are conventionally classified as macronutrients (carbohydrates, fat and protein), and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, electrolytes). This classification is based upon the quantity required to maintain health, and also, perhaps, the caloric value of the concerned nutrient. We support the use of the descriptor meganutrient for fibre and water. The latter is required in significantly larger quantities to maintain health, and manage metabolic disease such as diabetes and obesity. Fibre has a chemical mega-structure, and its description as a meganutrient reinforces its functions, which are different from other carbohydrates.
Keywords
- Diet
- fibre
- H2O
- medical nutrition therapy
- nutrition
- water
