HEALTH BENEFITS OF FIBER

 

Fiber manages the body's utilization of sugar, assisting with holding appetite and glucose under wraps. It is mainly carbohydrate and helps the digestive system proactive and healthy. It is a sort of carbohydrate that the body can't dissolve. In spite of the fact that most carbs are separated into sugar particles, fiber can't be separated into sugar atoms, and all things considered, it goes through the body undigested. Youngsters and grown-ups need at any rate 20 to 30 grams of fiber each day for great well-being. The main sources are entire products of the soil, fruits, vegetables, grains, and beans.

Here are five health benefits of fiber:

            1.    REDUCE HEART DISEASE

Studies show that eating fiber on daily basis helps to prevent heart diseases in the human body and controls blood pressure. This happened because fiber reduces cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which is a major risk of a heart attack. The soluble fiber in beans, oats flaxseed, and oat bran may help lower blood cholesterol and reducing LDL. It also reduces inflammation.

2.    BODYWEIGHT

Fiber also helps control the body weight of the person. Certain type of fiber helps you lose weight by reducing appetite. The study shows that increasing fiber usage automatically reduces calorie intake, which affects reducing body weight. It can soak up water in the intestine and slowing the absorption of nutrients.

3.    REDUCE CONSTIPATION AND STOMACH ISSUES

Constipation and stomach issues are increasing in people around the world nowadays and fiber helps reduce these issues generally. Using wheat bran and oats is very effective to increase fiber intake, which reduces constipation. Fruits and vegetables are also very good intake for these problems but oats are very effective than fruits or vegetables.

4.    REDUCES RISK OF CANCER

Fiber reduces the effects of certain types of cancer especially colon and breast cancer. Every 10 grams of the fiber reduces the risk of collateral cancer and helps to fight breast cancer in women. Vegetables and fruits are rich in antioxidants that reduce the odds of certain types of cancer.

5.    PREVENT CLOGGED ARTERIES

Eating fiber-rich food varieties like beans are fundamental for forestalling atherosclerosis. Eating beans and oats is an incredible method to hold cholesterol levels under control, in this way, decreasing your danger of obstructed and clogged arteries and control blood circulation in the body.

FIBER-RICH FOODS:

·         Beans

·         Oats

·         Fruits (berries, pears, melon, oranges, etc)

·         Vegetables (carrots, sweet corn, broccoli, etc)

·         Potatoes with skin

·         Pasta

·         Grains