| High Fiber foods are fruits, vegetables and grains. | | | | water. It is recommended that you eat at least |
| Fiber is a complex structure that keeps high fiber | | | | 25 grams of fiber per day. |
| produce and grains from falling apart. Fiber is a | | | | Eating the right amount of high fiber foods is tied |
| subclass of carbohydrates. It consists mostly of | | | | to your overall health. In the past, no one knew |
| cellulose, lignin, hemicellulose, pectin, and mucilage. | | | | much about fiber. It was thought that it had no |
| Processed foods, foods in packages, and meat do | | | | value as it entered and exited the body. But now, |
| not contain fiber. | | | | we know that if you don't eat high fiber foods, |
| There are two kinds of fiber - soluble and insoluble | | | | you will live a shorter life and you will create |
| - and you need both to get the maximum benefit | | | | numerous different diseases. Here are some of |
| of fiber. The soluble fiber dissolves in water and | | | | diseases that are related to not eating enough |
| helps your body, | | | | high fiber foods. |
| " Slowly absorb sugar in the intestines | | | | " Heart disease |
| " Regulate your blood sugar levels | | | | " Diabetes |
| " Rid your body of excess cholesterol | | | | " Appendicitis |
| You can find high fiber, soluble foods in oatmeal, | | | | " Breast cancer |
| rice and oat bran, beans, peas, seeds, nuts, and | | | | " Colitis |
| grains. Pectin is soluble fiber found in the outer | | | | " Prostate cancer |
| skins and rinds of vegetables and fruits, whereas, | | | | " Gastrointestinal disorders |
| Mucilage, a formed soluble fiber, is found in seeds | | | | " Hemorrhoids |
| and nuts. | | | | " Hiatus hernia |
| Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water and | | | | " Ulcers |
| gives you health benefits such as, | | | | " High cholesterol |
| " Cleaning out your colon walls as it passes | | | | " High blood pressure |
| through your colon | | | | " All types of colon diseases |
| " Activating peristaltic action as it moves through | | | | These are only a few diseases that you could |
| your colon | | | | develop. Do you see any of the diseases in this |
| " Reducing the risk of colon diseases, including | | | | list that people come down with as they age? Did |
| certain types of cancer | | | | they eat enough fiber? |
| Insoluble fiber is found in green leafy lettuce, in | | | | Many people say they don't like vegetables so |
| many vegetables, in the skins of fruits, and in | | | | they don't eat them. Eating meat, processed |
| brans of different kinds. | | | | foods, or even bread without vegetables leads to |
| In the stomach, fiber bonds are broken apart so | | | | constipation and eventually to a toxic colon. A |
| nutrients and fiber can do their magic in your | | | | toxic colon then leads to diseases. |
| stomach, small intestine, colon, and anus. Once | | | | Eat fruits and their juices in the morning for |
| food is completely digested in the small intestine, | | | | breakfast. Eat fruits between meals as a snack. |
| fiber moves into the colon to complete its cycle in | | | | Eat vegetables with your meat at lunch and |
| your body. If you have eaten enough fiber during | | | | dinner. Eat vegetables any time you eat bread. |
| a meal, your stools will have a certain shape, size, | | | | Eat these high fiber foods during these time and |
| color and consistency. Fiber attracts water into | | | | you will see how much better you feel and how |
| the colon, so drink plenty of water when eating | | | | much longer you will live. Will you eat enough |
| fiber from grains. When you eat fruit and | | | | fiber? Please do. |
| vegetable fiber these foods contain over 70% | | | | |