Fiber is a necessary part of your daily diet. But, do you know why? More than likely you don’t. There are many things that we know we “should” be eating but knowing exactly why can make it easier to make those beneficial dietary changes. While many people prefer to increase their fiber intake naturally, for some that just isn’t possible. High fiber supplements certainly have their place. Let’s look at why.
Fiber is naturally present in many foods. A diet rich in fruit, vegetables, and whole grains typically delivers the recommended 25 grams of dietary fiber each day. The modern diet, however, isn’t always rich in fruit, vegetables, and whole grains. When this is the case, high fiber supplements are crucial.
Dietary fiber is the part of the veggies, fruits, and grains that your body can’t absorb. Many people don’t realize this but fiber passes through the body indigested. It goes through the stomach, intestines, and colon relatively unchanged. Despite this unique passage through the body, it does play an important role.
Dietary fiber, whether from foods or high fiber supplements, delivers many benefits to your body. It can regulate digestion, helping you to have regular bowel movements and simply feel better. Dietary fiber can also improve blood sugar levels and reduce cholesterol and may be able to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. Lastly, it has also been shown to increase weight loss results when paired with a healthy diet and regular exercise.It is believed that a high fiber diet promotes weight loss because fiber has a tendency to make you fuller, faster. In addition, those foods that are high in fiber are also typically lower in calories than their low fiber counterparts.
Whether you resolve to eat more fiber rich foods or take a high quality high fiber supplement is up to you. There are many benefits of increasing your fiber intake throughout the day.
If you read our blog daily here at ExtremeBody Workout, you will notice a trend. We have a lot of things “coming soon” and we are excited about each and every one of them. One of the nutrition products that we will soon feature is Beachbody’s Shakeology. Shakeology is a meal replacement system that is unlike any other. The Shakeology shakes combine 70 key ingredients to not only help you lose weight but to elevate your health to remarkable levels.
Shakeology is the new product released by Beachbody as a meal replacement shake. It comes in two flavors, chocolate and greenberry and I have heard mixed reviews on which is better, but that both were great so you are just going to have to try them yourselves and see which is your favorite.