How Fiber can Naturally Help You Lose Weight
Synopsis: It is generally accepted that fiber is a healthy addition to any diet. But many people do not know that fiber can do more than lower cholesterol and keep you regular. Fiber may actually help you to lose weight.
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Fiber has been known to be a healthy, and in fact necessary, component to any diet. Fiber (as reported by the FDA) can help to reduce bad cholesterol and boost good cholesterol.
Fiber is also important for the elimination of waste. But what many people don't know is that fiber can actually help you to lose weight.
In fact, new research seems to indicate that a high fiber diet can help keep you from gaining weight and even assists in losing weight better than a low fat diet.
You see, fiber contains no calories, but it does contain bulk. So when you consume foods high in fiber, you tend to consume fewer calories.
Another trick of fiber is foods mixed with fiber tend to take longer to digest. This does two things:
- First, it keeps you from becoming hungry as quickly.
- Second, it slows the rate which sugars enter your blood stream, reducing the amount of insulin production in your body.
What About Carb Blockers
Did you know that those "carb blockers" are almost all fiber? That's because many companies have better realized what the role of fiber in digestion really is.
Understand that those expensive carb blockers are basically nothing more than fiber and that if you simply introduce foods with high fiber into every meal, that you'll basically be doing the same thing.
How Much Fiber You Need Daily
The average adult should be consuming at least 25 to 30 grams of fiber per day. You can take fiber supplements to help raise your fiber intake, but it is better all the way around if you get that fiber naturally.
Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and the like contain more "good for you" properties than just fiber. Fiber works best when eaten with other foods.
High natural sources of fiber can be found in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and beans. Stop eating white bread, or enriched bread, and switch to whole grain. Eat a handful of nuts when you get hungry, or mix some beans in with that soup.
The Impacts Of A Low Fiber Diet
Many professionals believe that the lack of fiber in the American diet is the main reason for lifestyle diseases. It is theorized that lifestyle diseases are the number one contributors to poor health (heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc...)
Diseases have plagued humanity ever since there were humans. But the types of diseases have radically changed in the last century.
The leading causes of death in the United States back in the 1900's were pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, and diarrhea. These diseases present what people often refer to as "sudden onset conditions".
The new diseases are more insidious, sometimes taking decades to show symptoms, these are often referred to as "lifestyle diseases.
So start increasing your fiber intake, and perhaps you can finally stop watching every calorie you consume.
A balanced diet, good digestive health, and exercise are the best things you can do for yourself, and with enough fiber you might finally stop taking one step back for every two forward.
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