Is there any deficiency disease caused due to lack of roughage? 

Roughage or dietary Fiber is the indigestible portion of plant foods.They do not provide any nutrient to our body so it cannot cause any  deficiency disease. However, they form an important component of our food because of the following reasons:

It helps to prevent constipation by increasing the volume of stool in our body. Therefore, people who include a lot of dietary fibres in their diet suffer from fewer problems of constipation.

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