Fiber has several benefits to your body:

1.)  Helps with Weight Loss

2.)  Prevention of Disease

3.)  Helps with Constipation

  

1.)  KEEPING WEIGHT UNDER CONTROL

Foods containing plenty of fiber have more bulk than low-fiber foods. If taken in the right form at the right time and at sufficient quantities, fiber can sometimes slow the onset of hunger.

Nice To Know: To help control your weight with fiber: Always try to take fiber in the natural form. For example, instead of sprinkling bran over your food, choose foods naturally high in fiber. Avoid foods that have been made easier to eat and digest by removal of fiber, especially sugars (including fruit juices).

Choose foods that satisfy hunger without providing many calories, mainly vegetables and most fruits, which are rich in fiber. Need To Know: Some individuals claim that fiber alone can cause weight loss without the need to diet. But in fact, the only effective and safe way to lose weight is to: Reduce calorie intake to a safe level Get enough exercise to burn off excess calories However, fiber can be a useful aid in reducing calorie intake.   **Drinking a glass of Metamucil or other fiber drink 30-60 minutes before dinner can reduce your caloric intake by up to 70 calories!

• Heart disease.
• Cancer 
• Diabetes
• Diverticular disease 
• Gallstones and kidney stones

3.) RELIEVES CONSTIPATION

Fiber can absorb large amounts of water in the bowels, and this makes stools softer and easier to pass. Anyone starting a higher-fiber diet will notice the difference in stool bulk.

• In almost all cases, increasing fiber in the diet will relieve constipation within hours or days.
• Because stools are easier to pass, less straining is necessary, and this can help relieve hemorrhoids.

Nice To Know:

On average, it takes 39 hours in women and 31 hours in men for food to pass through the colon and out of the body. This time varies a lot from person to person, depending on personality, state of mind, and fiber intake. Usually, the effect of fiber is to speed up this process.

 

 

 

Source:  www.ehealthmd.com

 

  

  

  

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