Today’s safe dieting tips by Brad Wessler focuses on fiber. Most meal plans advise consuming twenty five to thirty five grams of fiber on a daily bases to maintain a healthful weight. They do not specify that there are two different types of fiber, however.
Soluble and insoluble fiber are essential to overall good health and they are both called fiber. But, there are crucial differences to how they are digested and the functions they serve in the body.
Fruits, grains and veggies all have insoluble fiber. It is the most common type. Some people refer to this as roughage and it does not digest in the body. It is useful for regularity and keeping water balances correct in the system.
On the other hand, soluble fiber does digest. It is broken down into a gel and absorbed into the blood stream slowly. Oats, dried peas, specific plants like Brussels sprouts and beans are good sources of soluble fiber.
When soluble fiber breaks down, it slows the digestion of everything else you ate as well. So, after a meal with soluble fiber, it takes several hours for your stomach to empty as opposed to an average of a half an hour.
This is a great aid to keeping blood sugar stable and lowering cholesterol. The body has more time to deal with the meal. People may be familiar with the claims that certain cereals containing oats can lower cholesterol in thirty days. The science behind these claims is the research that shows that eating a certain number of grams of soluble fiber, which oats have, lowers cholesterol.
Psyllium is a supplement some people add to their diets to increase their levels of soluble fiber. It is a crushed or powdered seed. If getting enough soluble fiber is interesting to you, you may want to learn more. This has been some safe dieting tips by Brad Wessler.
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