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Benefits of a High Fiber Diet
What good is a high fiber diet to you?
Typically you hear about how fiber
- keeps you regular
- relieves digestive discomforts
- reduces your risk for chronic diseases
Fiber foods can help you lower LDL cholesterol, maintain blood sugar levels, regulate intestinal activity, and even help you avoid a heart attack.
But the real benefit of high fiber food is… dense nutrition.
Expected Benefits from Fiber Foods
- Prevent constipation
- Lower risk for diverticulosis
- Manage symptoms of diabetes
- Help protect against heart disease
- Control intestinal disorders
- Help you avoid obesity and weight gain
- Enhance good health
Foods high in fiber deliver the vitamins and minerals, protein and carbohydrates, and essential fats you need for good health.
Whether the dietary fiber or great nutrition is the cause, when you enjoy foods in a high fiber diet you can expect powerful health benefits.
Science Finds Even Unexpected Benefits:
(as reported in medical and nutritional research)
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention:
Fiber foods having selenium may help prevent bladder cancer
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition:
Nuts and high-fiber plant-based oils prove rich sources of Coenzyme Q10
Spinach, parsley, and broccoli have antioxidants that help fight Parkinson's disease
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry:
Antioxidant compounds in fiber foods reduce the effects of aging
American Journal of Epidemiology:
Dietary fiber may protect against reduced lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Journal of Neuroscience:
Vegetables like high-fiber spinach help prevent age-related cognitive losses
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (Tufts University):
Blueberries may improve balance and coordination
High-fiber strawberries, blueberries, and spinach help short-term memory
Leafy greens may protect against blindness
Prunes and raisins top the list of best cancer-fighting fruits
University of Illinois:
Soluble fiber in oats, apples, and nuts reduces inflammation
Dietary fiber creates short-chain fatty acid improving intestinal growth and function
Soluble fiber boosts immune system
Studies reported by USDA Agricultural Research Service find dietary fiber may help to:
Prevent onset of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Protect against Bone Loss
Improve Brain Function
Slow the Aging Processes
Inhibit spread of Fat Tissue
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