| If you've been looking for a way towards a high | | | | keep fiber moving through your digestive tract, |
| octane diet, you'll find fiber to be exactly what | | | | you'll need to consume a lot of water. With |
| you need. Even though research has shown | | | | your diet of fiber, you'll need eight or more |
| fiber tobe powerful, many people aren't taking this | | | | glasses of water every day. |
| nutrient seriously. | | | | 7. Fiber cannot be cooked out. When you cook |
| To help you fuel your health with fiber, here | | | | your fruits and vegetables, don't worry about |
| are 10 facts to help. | | | | cooking the fiber out, as it stays. The fiber |
| 1. Fiber fights diseases. A diet high in fiber | | | | found infruits and vegetables aren't just in the skin |
| can help to prevent colon cancer and heart | | | | orin the peel. |
| disease. High fiber helps the body to eliminate | | | | 8. You can get enough fiber. If you eat more |
| cholesterol by binding it in the digestive tract. | | | | than 50 grams of fiber in a day, you can get |
| For thousands of years, fiber has been used to | | | | diarrhea and bloating, which can interfere with |
| stop constipation. | | | | your body's absorption of other key minerals. |
| 2. Fiber can actually help with overeating. All | | | | 9. Getting the right amount of fiber in your |
| high fiber foods will take longer to chew and | | | | dietdoesn't have to be hard. Even though you |
| digest, making you feel satisfied longer | | | | may thinkso, getting the amount of fiber you |
| 3. Most popular foods don't have enough fiber. | | | | need isn't veryhard to do. All you have to do is |
| Ifyou like the more popular foods, you probably | | | | eat the right foods and you'll be well on your |
| need to increase your intake of fiber. | | | | way to a fiberrich lifestyle. |
| 4. Grains offer the most fiber. Dietary fiber is | | | | As one of the key ingredients to healthy |
| actually plant matter that we cannot digest. The | | | | eating, fiber is something you don't want to skip. |
| best sources are whole grains and concentrated | | | | Fiber canserve many different purposes, which |
| grain products. | | | | were coveredabove. If you aren't getting |
| 5. Kids need fiber as well. Children that are | | | | enough fiber in your diet - you should do |
| older than 2 years of age should consume a daily | | | | something about now insteadof waiting until it is |
| intake of fiber. Kids are most receptive to fiber | | | | too late. |
| found in fruits, vegetables, and even fortified | | | | I HIGHLY recommend a top program that has |
| breakfast cereals. | | | | helped me and countless others lose weight |
| 6. More fiber needs more water. In order to | | | | through actual working diet methods.. |