insoluble

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"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

During normal disease-free aging, there is also an accumulation of insoluble proteins.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

“Crack Stress of Airplane Bodies by Computer Analysis” — he was looking for a numerical solution to analytically insoluble equations.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen