High Fiber Weight Loss
High fiber weight loss starts by eating the right mix of fiber, essential fatty acids and plenty of water. It helps by controlling your cravings and causing you to feel “full”. It also helps to maintain good digestive health.
How much fiber is good and what foods should you eat that contain it? Lately, nutritionists and doctors have been recommending 25 grams of fiber per day…but did you know that your fiber needs can very depending on your age, height, desired weight and activity level?
Benefits of a low fat high fiber diet
Eating the right amount of high quality fiber, the right fats and water can help you lose weight in 2 ways. It makes you feel fuller sooner so you don’t eat as much and it helps your body eliminate waste that could be clogging up your system.
Not enough fiber is cause for concern!
A healthy person should be eliminating waste from their food every 20-45 hours or 1 to 2 days. The standard American diet allows for elimination every 40-60 hours…that’s 2 to 3 days! That’s not good…or healthy
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Food that has been sitting in your body for 2 ½ to 3 ½ days can do a lot of damage long term. It becomes a toxin instead of nourishing to your body. Sometimes this impacted food can become cancer-causing. Other times it can cause constipation. It also makes you weigh more, having that rotting food sitting in your intestines.
The more you eat, the more impacted it gets. A steady dose of high quality Dietary Fiber along with plenty of water in your diet can make elimination easy and fast.
Having waste stuck in your intestine will also inhibit the absorption of the vitamins and minerals your body gets from the food you eat and supplements you take.
Forgive the graphic image but try and visualize a tube stuffed with food…nothing can get through to the walls of that tube so it can be absorbed into the cells and bloodstream of the body.
Eating plenty of food that is high in Dietary Fiber-whole grains, fruits and vegetables-will make you feel full sooner and cutback on eating less nutritious foods that don’t satisfy your appetite as well.
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