Fiber Dense Foods, The Best Diet Today?

Fiber Dense Foods, The Best Diet Today?

Dietary fiber, found in all fruits and vegetables and some beans and grains, is technically the indigestible part present in every plant. Unlike cows and goats and other herbivorous animals, human digestive system is not built to absorb fiber and as a result, most of the fibrous products you consume are excreted in its undigested form which is why most people tend to think our body does not need fiber. After all who wants to spend time eating something that is ultimately going to be flushed down? Right? Well, not quite. 

Now, consider this scenario.

You know you that you end up overeating often, usually during those weekend parties or that mid-week dinner at the club. During these occasions, high fiber food products obviously don’t feature high on your menu. So what happens by the end of the week? Well for starters, you have the worst indigestion imaginable.

Unfortunately, however, you can’t seem to be able to clear out your bowel system like you want to. To make matters worse, you have extremely uncomfortable stomachaches and like those weren’t enough, you also end up having a hemorrhoid. 

You’d probably be surprised if we told you that you could have saved yourself from all these discomforts and even cut down on the extra pound you put on, if only you had thought it necessary to include a certain amount of dietary fibers in your daily food intake.      

Most of us consume no more than 10-15 grams of fibrous food on a daily basis whereas our body needs as much as 25-30 grams of such food materials everyday in order to function correctly. As a result most of us end up suffering from the problems we outlined in the above section. 

To avoid such unnecessary digestive trouble, start consuming more fiber rich food on a daily basis. Start with large amount green vegetables, which contain a lot of essential nutrients and even more fiber. Other food materials such as red cabbage, peas and beans, spinach, fruits such as apple and banana too have high fiber content.       

Fiber is of two types, namely insoluble and soluble. Soluble fiber forms a sticky, adhesive like gel in your intestinal tract, which helps soften your stools (and thereby grants you an easy, painless excretory session every morning!) and greatly improves your digestive system as a whole. Also, fiber takes time to be digested, as a result you feel full for a far longer time than you usually do after you’ve had a meal rich in fibrous food products. This keeps you from eating in between your meals and thereby cuts down on avoidable weight gain.     

The second type of fiber called insoluble fiber is an exceptional laxative. It easily holds on to water and pushes down waste materials down the intestinal tracts thereby helping you prevent a number of troublesome diseases, including colon cancer.