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roughage the coarse indigestible constituents of food or fodder, which provide bulk to the diet and promote normal bowel function How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In my family we generally try to keep our diet low-fat, lots of roughage. With foods like these, you don't have to worry about including additional roughage in your diet, which The American Cancer Society recommends. In fact, cattle that eat grass and roughage release more methane than cattle on a high-energy feedlot diet, because grass-fed cattle take about 10 to 20 percent longer to reach market weight. |
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