Total Diet

Most dieticians and experts believe that on an average one must consume at least 25-35 grams of dietary fiber in a day. It is even better if you can take more dietary fiber up to 35-45 grams.

Fiber rich food is vital as it ads bulk to the food and causes proper food movement in the intestine tract. This dietary fiber is indigestible and doesn’t get assimilated in our system.

This fiber is basically the end product of fruits, vegetables, grains and seeds after they have been digested.

High fiber foods are good for health because they help to increase the tract walls of the colon to ease the passage of waste thus causing easy movement, apart from this the fiber also absorbs water. It is advised to drink plenty of water if you eat fiber rich diet.

It is a good thing that most fiber rich foods are also good reservoir of vital nutrients. There are two types of dietary fiber one is soluble and other is insoluble type.

The Soluble fibers actively collect dietary cholesterol from our system and carry it out they also regularize blood sugar level by slowing down the release of sugar bloodstream.

Soluble fiber-rich foods are oatmeal, oat bran, flax seeds, strawberries and citrus fruits, and apples.

Insoluble fibers are type which adds roughage into food and speed up excretion process. Insoluble fiber foods are wheat bran, whole grain products brown rice.

Eating fiber rich diet avoids problems like constipation, colon ulcers and cancer. Dietary fiber is also known to aid in weight loss and prevents diabetes and hypertension.