I'm taking an interest lately in Lao cuisine (I'm in the country). But I haven't noticed where they get their fibre from.
Which traditional dishes or ingredients should I investigate?
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What do you mean by "fibre" in this context? – SAJ14SAJ Sep 17 '13 at 07:26
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Dietary fibre, that keeps you regular (-: I tried to avoid anything that made it sound like a health and nutrition question and keep it to a factual question. – hippietrail Sep 17 '13 at 07:29
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As in non-digestible polysaccharides? – SAJ14SAJ Sep 17 '13 at 07:36
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As in "roughage". Non digestible. Not sure about the polysaccharides, it's not my field. – hippietrail Sep 17 '13 at 07:40
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2Reading the lao cuisine wiki article, they seem to be a fairly typical Asian cuisine with a lot of vegetables. I suspect that is your answer: the cellulose in the cell walls of most vegetables is not digestible. – SAJ14SAJ Sep 17 '13 at 07:42
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Yes they actually serve a plate of raw greens with most traditional meals too. Would raw green/leaf vegetables mean more fibre too? I think this is a peculiarity of Lao cuisine. – hippietrail Sep 17 '13 at 07:46
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1let us continue this discussion in chat – SAJ14SAJ Sep 17 '13 at 11:59
