Quick Fix Diets

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.

In every healthy diet, people should consume both soluble and insoluble fiber. Though they are both recommended and both referred to as fiber, there are key differences between the types.

Insoluble fiber is found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. It does not digest in the small intestine, but passes through the digestive tract, keeping the person feeling full and helping to promote regularity and water retention. Sometimes, this type of fiber is referred to as roughage.

Soluble fiber, on the other hand, is broken down in the stomach and absorbed into the blood stream. It is found in oats, certain vegetable like Brussels sprouts, legumes such as kidney beans and dried peas.

This gel slows down the absorption of nutrients, fat, proteins, or carbohydrates into the blood stream. If you have a bowl of cereal for breakfast, your stomach will empty in around thirty minutes on average. If you sprinkle your cereal with a soluble fiber, it will take approximately two hours for your body to digest breakfast.

Soluble fiber is, therefore, a great aid to lowering blood sugar since food is entering the blood stream more slowly, insulin has more of a chance to deal with it. The claim that certain cereals lower cholesterol if eaten daily for a month rely on the science showing that eating soluble fiber lowers cholesterol. These cereals contain oats, a source of soluble fiber.

Adults who cannot add beans and Brussels sprouts to their daily fare easily, substitute a few heaping spoons of psyllium. It is a crushed seed that is a good source of soluble fiber. These have been today’s safe dieting tips by Brad Wessler.

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