Fibre

You wouldn't believe it that fibre is not just what you think it is - plain, dull and dry. Fibre is interesting when we get down to its structure at the microscopic level and its properties chemically.

You can Google "fibre" and also try that with Google Images. There are thousands of images to look at and web pages to read about structure and function of fibre, something we often forget to cover in detail in biochemistry lectures.

If you eat oats, mushrooms & barley soup and yeast-raised bread, then you would have eaten some of the world's best foods. These foods contain soluble fibre called beta-glucans. Beta-glucans are some of the best soluble fibre that absorb cholesterol, thus reducing the amount of cholesterol absorbed and finally making it into the bloodstream.

http://blog.caloricious.com/2011/09/15/dietary-fiber-effective-in-lowering-cholesterol-levels/