Since the 2008 economic downturn, the number of Polish people in Ireland has declined, with some reports suggesting that 30,000 were leaving Ireland per year, and the Central Statistics Office reporting a decrease in the number of Polish people applying for PPS numbers.
Fiber in the Diet: Dietary fiber is the component in food not broken down by digestive enzymes and secretions of the gastrointestinal tract. This fiber includes hemicelluloses, pectins, gums, mucilages, cellulose, (all carbohydrates) and lignin, the only non-carbohydrate component of dietary fiber.
The gastro-intestinal tract of mammals consists of four main layers, the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis and serosa. The innermost of these layers, the mucosa can be divided into the epithelium, lamina propria, and muscularis mucosa. The epithelial lining may be protective, secretory, and/or absorptive in function.