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Fiber - The Great Weight Equalizer!
Studies have conclusively shown that an optimal dietary intake of fiber has a profound impact on health.
Benefits of fiber include:
- Weight loss and appetite suppression
- LDL cholesterol and triglyceride reduction
- Blood sugar balance, reduces post-meal insulin and glucose levels
- Colon cancer risk reduction
- Detoxification
- Reduction of constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulitis
Fiber is best thought of as "nature's broom", the indigestible material remaining in the large intestine after food is digested.
There are two types of fiber:
1. Soluble fiber dissolves in liquid and includes gums, pectins and mucilages.
2. Insoluble fiber, or roughage, does not dissolve in liquid and includes cellulose, hemicellulose and lignans.
Most Americans average a mere 5-14 grams of fiber per day. That is less than half the recommended daily requirement of 35 grams per day!
When you think of foods high in fiber, do not think of multi-grain breads and cold cereals which have minimal fiber, rather indulge in high fiber foods like berries, vegetables, beans, or oatmeal.
I recommend switching fiber supplements from time to time, so I really like and personally use the following:
- Designs For Health brand PaleoFiber as an added fiber supplement that contains 12 different kinds of non-grain fibers.
- Thorne Research's MediBulk Fiber
- Psyllium Hulls Combo which is great for those with low cortisol levels since it contains licorice root. Psyllium Hulls capsules are convenient for travel.
- Blue Heron
is great for gut support, but not so high in fiber - a good start for someone who has a lot of gut issues and historically cannot tolerate a high fiber diet. Just a side note: that all changes once the health of your gut improves! - Metabolic 6X - excellent to balance blood sugar, especially for diabetics or pre-diabetic. Also a great fat-burner!
None of these fiber supplements contain potential allergenic food extracts such as wheat and oat bran or pea, bean or soy fibers commmonly found in other fiber products on the market.
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Said by the Apostle Paul in the First Book of Corinthians,
chapter 9, verse 27,
"...but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified."
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