insoluble
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Soluble fiber dissolves in water and slows digestion, while insoluble fiber helps move waste through the digestive tract.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
"You could run into the extremes of eating too much, where if you're not drinking enough water to hydrate and exceed the amount of soluble and insoluble fiber, you can get constipated," Lee said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Purple, savoy and green cabbage are also high in insoluble fiber, which Beitchman says is “the broom of the digestive system,” allowing waste to pass through more easily.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
It’s the counterpoint to Syd’s earliest argument for sticking with this insoluble endeavor: “Why can’t we put everything that we have into everything that we can?”
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025
There had to be atoms of information—discrete, insoluble, indelible particles—moving from parent to child.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing insoluble
Animal Farm
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Stories of Ourselves
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