roughage

Portuguese translation: fibra

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English term or phrase:roughage
Portuguese translation:fibra
Entered by: Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.

02:28 Sep 7, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Food & Drink
English term or phrase: roughage
If you are constipated introduce more roughage in your diet. Normally I would think of "fibra" but that is not exactly the term. Its a book on eating healthily.
mmasur
Brazil
Local time: 10:44
fibra
Explanation:
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Livre, leve e solta — BOA FORMA
Afinal, o intestino preso não tem esse nome feio à toa: ele provoca desconforto ... “Se comer muita fibra e não tomar água suficiente, a prisão de ventre se ...
boaforma.abril.com.br/edicoes/207/fechado/Saude/conteudo_187.shtml - Páginas Semelhantes - Anotar isso
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Intestino preso. Uma dieta à base de leite
Intestino preso ou constipação ou prisão de ventre é um sintoma e não uma doença. ... do intestino é uma dieta com pelo menos 30 g de fibras diárias. ...
www.pratiqueleite.com.br/content.php?recid=3108 - 20k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes - Anotar isso

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-09-07 14:11:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you everyone for the agrees, glad I could be of help mmasur.

However I am curious to know the answer to airmailrpl´s question: 7:29am Sep 7, 2008: Why is This a "not-for-points" question??


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Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
Brazil
Local time: 10:44
Grading comment
I later saw in an english dictionary the SAME definition for FIBER and ROUGHAGE so I guess I can use Fibra. Thanks for the quick answer.



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Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.


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fibra


Explanation:
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Livre, leve e solta — BOA FORMA
Afinal, o intestino preso não tem esse nome feio à toa: ele provoca desconforto ... “Se comer muita fibra e não tomar água suficiente, a prisão de ventre se ...
boaforma.abril.com.br/edicoes/207/fechado/Saude/conteudo_187.shtml - Páginas Semelhantes - Anotar isso
#
Intestino preso. Uma dieta à base de leite
Intestino preso ou constipação ou prisão de ventre é um sintoma e não uma doença. ... do intestino é uma dieta com pelo menos 30 g de fibras diárias. ...
www.pratiqueleite.com.br/content.php?recid=3108 - 20k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes - Anotar isso

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-09-07 14:11:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you everyone for the agrees, glad I could be of help mmasur.

However I am curious to know the answer to airmailrpl´s question: 7:29am Sep 7, 2008: Why is This a "not-for-points" question??




Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
Brazil
Local time: 10:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
I later saw in an english dictionary the SAME definition for FIBER and ROUGHAGE so I guess I can use Fibra. Thanks for the quick answer.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Quandt: ou "alimentos ricos em fibras" > http://www.sitemedico.com.br/sm/materias/index.php?mat=1283
58 mins

agree  Humberto Ribas
58 mins

agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
1 hr

agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
4 hrs
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