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Without sufficient ________, the colon gets too little exercise and becomes weak.

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Fiber.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fiber is also known as roughage, a type of carbohydrate that cannot be broken down into simple sugars. Fiber helps in digestion, cholesterol maintenance and blood sugar regulation.

Fibers can pass through the intestine relatively intact. Dietary fibers increase stool bulk and aids in digestion process. Fiber deficient diet or very less fiber can cause little exercise of colon and becomes weak.

Thus, the answer is fiber.

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Without sufficient or lack of fiber, the colon get too little exercise and will become weak. Fiber or dietary fiber (roughage) id defined as the indigestible food or portion of food derived from plants. Fiber has ttwo main components called as Soluble and Insoluble, Soluble fiber means the one an dissloves in water while insoluble is the one didn't dissolve by water.
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