Fiber is healthy for us because we can’t digest it, so it bulks up our food without adding calories, and provides nutrients to our gut bacteria
Cows have an organ called a rumen that breaks down cellulose into carbohydrates, so they get way more calories from grass than we would. Surprisingly enough, though, horses also can’t digest fiber. Which is why I’ve always found it odd that they eat grass
Therefore making him fatter? Isn’t fiber supposed to be healthy?
Fiber is healthy for us because we can’t digest it, so it bulks up our food without adding calories, and provides nutrients to our gut bacteria
Cows have an organ called a rumen that breaks down cellulose into carbohydrates, so they get way more calories from grass than we would. Surprisingly enough, though, horses also can’t digest fiber. Which is why I’ve always found it odd that they eat grass