The Amazing Benefits Of Including More Fiber In Your Diet
1. You’ll lose more weight.Â
Fiber-rich foods not only fill you up faster and keep you satisfied longer, they also prevent your body from absorbing some of the calories in the foods you eat. Dieters who were told to get at least 30 grams of fiber a day, but given no other dietary parameters, lost a significant amount of weight, found a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. They actually lost nearly as much as a group put on a much more complex diet that required limiting calories, fat, sugar and salt.
2. Reduce Risk Of Type 2 DiabetesÂ
Fiber’s keeps your blood sugar levels steady and keeping you at a healthy weight that may help hold off the development of diabetes.
3. Lower Your Chance Of Heart Disease
Fiber has the ability to sop up excess cholesterol in your system and get it out before it can clog your arteries.
4. Healthier Gut Bacteria
The good bugs that make up your microbiome will feed off fiber. As your gut bacteria eat up the fiber that has fermented in your G.I. tract, they produce short-chain fatty acids that have a lot of benefits-including lowering systemic inflammation.
5. Reduce Your Risk Of Some Cancers
Every 10 grams of fiber you eat is can lead to a 10 percent reduced risk of colorectal cancer and a 5 percent fall in breast cancer risk, according to a study published in the Annals of Oncology.Â
6. Stronger Bones
Some types of soluble fiber have been shown to increase minerals like calcium in the foods you eat, which may help maintain bone density.
Most importantly, studies show that eating fiber on a regular basis will allow you to live a longer, healthier life.Â
