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Top Reasons to Eat Fiber

We’ve all heard that fiber can be beneficial for weight loss and overall health. But what’s the big deal? Here are five reasons eating your recommended fiber every day is good for you.fiber

1. Fills you up. Eating fiber helps keep you full and minimizes those frequent cravings/hunger occurrences.  Due to fibers ability to promote satiety, it helps in weight loss/maintenance.  If you eat fiber rich foods (fruits, vegetables, and whole-wheat products) you can curb your hunger and feel satisfied.

2. Keeps you regular. Eating fiber has been shown to play an important role in keeping the digestive system running smoothly. Fiber serves as an bulking agent, which helps move food through your digestive tract.

3. Heart Health. Fiber, especially soluble fiber, has been linked to reducing your risk of heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol levels.  This happens because fiber interferes with cholesterol during absorption in the digestive tract.

4. Diabetes. Whether trying to prevent or living with diabetes, consuming a diet high in fiber-rich whole-grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables has been shown to help diabetics manage their blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

5. Prevent Cancer. Finally, a high fiber intake has been shown to prevent cancer, mainly due to promoting regularity, which in tern keeps your digestive system healthy and frequently moving.

The best way to guarantee you are consuming the recommended 25 grams of fiber you need daily is to eat as many fruits, vegetables, and whole-grains you can handle!

Kinsey

August 19th, 2008
by Kinsey
Posted in Diet Tips, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition




2 Responses to “Top Reasons to Eat Fiber”

Callie
Aug 19th, 2008
3:46 pm

Kinsey- what do you think about fiber supplements? A good alternative for the food fiber sources?

Kinsey
Aug 19th, 2008
9:26 pm

Well Callie, my philosophy is that you should get the vitamins, minerals, and fiber you need by eating fruits and veggies, but I feel like fiber supplements are ok if you know your diet is lacking. However, you need to remember that its recommended on the labels that you should not exceed 12grams. Drinking water is highly recommended when taking supplements because of complications of constipation,bloating, and gas. Fruit & veggies are the best way to get everthing in (fiber, vitamins, and minerals)!


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  • “oh and you say that it isn’t starving yourself? try to lower your calorie intakes the way they had to. Just go ahead and try it tomorrow. Try eating half of the calories you normally eat? and also eat different foods than you are accostumed to eating. Plus, I don’t see how it could be healthy to lose that much weight in such a short time. and I’ve heard doctors say the same. and I am sure they were under care of doctors during the show, but I still don’t think it can be healthy. that’s my opinion. GO VICKIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!”

    on Biggest Loser 6: Vicky Vilcan by Stop and Think for a second

  • “It’s a shame that you don’t know the real Vicki. She’s really a sweetie, and a great anesthetist. We love Vicki, and her patients do too. It’s a shame that she is portrayed the way she is portrayed. I don’t believe that she was acting at all. But I do believe that they pieced together Vicki at her worse and crankiest for ratings. and i’m sure that some of the facial expressions were shown out of context with what was happening on the show. You do realize that she sacrificed alot to be on the show. I can see why it’s so competitive for her. She isn’t just competing against herself. She’s competing against everyone else. Why does everyone act like 350,000 is chump change?? Have you guys ever watched Real World Reunions on MTV? I’ve seen on a few occasions where the editors edited the scenes to make fights/arguments seem over the top, when in fact the people of the shows say it wasn’t as it seemed. That it was a 5 minute fight that ended in a hug, and they were friends again later that day. Please don’t talk bad about my friend. she’s a great person!!! She really is!!! and by the way……..she looks amazing!!!”

    on Biggest Loser 6: Vicky Vilcan by Stop and Think for a second

  • “Her own husband told her “that’s enough” in one of the episodes. SHE is making the faces. The words that come out of her mouth are HERS. The body language is HERS. She is not being starved or worked to death. SHE is the one who made the decision to get up in the middle of the night, while everyone else was sleeping, to exercise. SHE made the statement at the beginning of the season that the goal was to win it all. SHE is playing the game and all she can see is the money. All $350,000.00 of it. SHE is the one making herself look ugly. Not NBC.”

    on Biggest Loser 6: Vicky Vilcan by TC

  • “Stop and think for a second — I just thought of something else. The purpose of this show is to change people’s lives so they shouldn’t be starving as you mentioned because that would not be healthy. Marisa you made a very good point about no one else saying horrible things or laughing at people getting hurt. And her smirks were the first thing that I noticed about her. Is her fan club saying NBC told her to make those smirks so it would be caught on camera and she would be the “bad” guy. Is this the first season they told one of the contestants to do that? Are ratings so bad that they need to stoop to this? Isn’t this going down the same lines of fooling their audience that 21 did many years ago making people look smarter than they actually were? Just wondering. It’s really hard to not think of her as just plain mean and being a bully. If I were in her position, I wouldn’t want a tv show portraying me like that, and I don’t care how much hush money they were to offer me, and I could use the money but it just wouldn’t be worth it.”

    on Biggest Loser 6: Vicky Vilcan by Not understanding

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