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Dietary fiber has been recommended for its possible benefits in reducing heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol. how is fiber thought to play its role in lowering blood cholesterol?​

a. ​soluble fiber converts dietary cholesterol into bile, which is recycled for use in the digestive process.
b. ​viscous fiber binds with bile in the intestine and is excreted in feces.
c. ​insoluble fiber converts to bile in the large intestine and binds with cholesterol.
d. ​soluble fiber binds with cholesterol in the blood and is excreted by the liver.
e. ​insoluble fiber binds with cholesterol in the large intestine and is excreted in feces.

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Vicious fiber binds with bile in the intestine and is exerted in feces.
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