Is Fiber Rich Food Good For Health?

Dietary fiber can keep you full, improve your overall health, and help you to lose weight. With these tips to add more to your diet, you can look and feel your best.

Fiber comes in two varieties:

Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water. It is found in whole grains, wheat cereals, and vegetables like carrots, celery, and tomatoes.

Soluble fiber dissolves in water. It contains barley, oatmeal, beans, nuts, and fruits like apples, berries, citrus fruits, and pears.

To increase your fiber intake you could:

  • Choose a high fiber breakfast with wholegrain cereal
  • Go for whole meal or seeded wholegrain breads, wheat pasta, bulgur wheat or brown rice.
  • Keep a supply of frozen vegetables so you are never without.
  • Go for potatoes with skins e.g. baked potato, wedges or boiled new potatoes, hot or use for a salad.
  • For snacks try fruit, vegetable sticks, rye crackers, oatcakes, unsalted nuts or seeds.
  • Include plenty of vegetables like beans, lentils or chickpeas to stews, curries and salads with meals either as a side dish/salad or added to sauces, stews or curries this is a good way to eat more veg.
  •  Have some fresh or fruit canned in natural juice for dessert or a snack.

Some of the benefits include Digestive health, Diabetes, Cancer, Skin health. Heart health. Reducing cholesterol. Promoting a healthy weight, Promoting blood sugar control, Helps maintain bowel health, Helps you live longer

                                                 “A diet high in fiber keeps you healthy”


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