How to Ensure Your Food is High In Fiber Without Taking Fiber Pills

There is much talk about the importance of dietary fiber. Now I have to ask you, "Is your food high in fiber?" Do you know which foods are high in dietary fiber?

Are high fiber foods part of your regular diet? There is much evidence now that dietary fiber is necessary for maintaining your health. You should be allowing those non-absorbable portions of your meal to ride frequently through the digestive tract.

By comparing the dietary fiber content per serving you can determine which foods are high in fiber.

If you are choosing foods high in fiber or processed food products which are usually low in fiber as part.

In selecting food high in fiber, make sure you choose items from the following food groups or categories: legumes (peas and beans), vegetables, whole wheat products, and cereals.

What are some benefits of high fiber foods?

Foods high in fiber help to maintain an efficient and healthy digestive tract

Insoluble dietary fiber may absorb up to 4 times it's own volume of water.

• This action helps prevent over-eating by giving a sense of fullness. This efficient weight control by helping to limit the amount of calorie taken in.
• The sponge-like action of the fiber also makes for a cleaner intestinal tract, preventing intestinal problems.
• It also offers prevention against, and relief from, constipation.
• Waste material passes more speedily through the system. This means less time for cancer-causing end-products and agents to act on the colon.
• Food high in fiber also slows the rate at which the nutrients enter the bloodstream. This is important to diabetics, who can get a spike in glucose levels, especially from eating low fiber foods.

What is the best way to use foods high in fiber?

Eat them. Whether fruit or vegetable... eat them.

Juicing fruits and vegetables have become very common nowadays, especially with new electronic wonder juicing machines.

Most of the good fiber is lost from the food in the juicing process, even though we may get higher concentrations of other nutrients from the juice.

The picture at left gives a comparison of fiber content (grams per serving) between some common vegetables. It can be helpful in selecting fiber-rich foods.

If you have diabetes, high cholesterol, heart problems, or other lifestyle-related conditions, you would do well trying to stick to the generous use of high fiber foods such as these examples.

Other sources of food high in fiber include some cereals, whole grains and their products (e.g. whole wheat bread).

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