Posted on Sep 19, 2023
Fiber is a dietary superhero. Are you eating enough of it? : Life Kit
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"I have a confession to make: I am a fiber fanatic.
I sometimes think of fiber as the Peter Parker of food — a seemingly boring, nerdy nutrient that's actually secretly a dietary superhero.
Fiber does so much more than just help keep us regular. For starters, it helps control blood sugar levels and lower cholesterol and inflammation.
In fact, one review of 185 studies and of dozens of clinical trials found that diets rich in fiber were linked to a lower risk of major health problems, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and cardiovascular disease.
One reason that fiber is so important to good health is that it provides the primary fuel for the trillions of microbes that live in your gut. These gut microbes ferment the fiber, breaking it down to produce beneficial chemical messengers that influence your health throughout your body"
"I have a confession to make: I am a fiber fanatic.
I sometimes think of fiber as the Peter Parker of food — a seemingly boring, nerdy nutrient that's actually secretly a dietary superhero.
Fiber does so much more than just help keep us regular. For starters, it helps control blood sugar levels and lower cholesterol and inflammation.
In fact, one review of 185 studies and of dozens of clinical trials found that diets rich in fiber were linked to a lower risk of major health problems, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and cardiovascular disease.
One reason that fiber is so important to good health is that it provides the primary fuel for the trillions of microbes that live in your gut. These gut microbes ferment the fiber, breaking it down to produce beneficial chemical messengers that influence your health throughout your body"
Fiber is a dietary superhero. Are you eating enough of it? : Life Kit
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I take psyllium fiber every morning.
..."The benefits of fiber
As a dietitian, I always tell people that dietary fiber — the kind you get from foods, and not from supplements — is an essential power nutrient.
Adequate intake of dietary fiber is associated with reduced risk for heart disease, stroke, hypertension, certain gastrointestinal disorders and type 2 diabetes, researchers have found.
There’s also evidence that fiber’s benefits extends beyond any particular ailment: Eating more of it may lower people’s mortality rate. Even diets of residents in Blue Zones, places in the world where people live the longest, include fiber as a staple nutrient, especially in foods like black beans, chickpeas and lentils.
A National Institutes of Health study found that people who consumed higher amounts of fiber, particularly from grains, had a significantly lower risk of dying over a nine-year period compared to those who consumed lower amounts of fiber.
The analysis involved about 388,000 participants who were part of a larger NIH-AARP diet and health study who were between ages 50 and 71 years old when the study began.
How much fiber should you be getting?
The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2020 to 2025) from the USDA recommends 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories eaten. (The amount of calories you need per day varies depending on your gender, age, weight and activity level — with the most common number being 2,000 calories.)
The dietary fiber intake among the majority of Americans falls short of this recommendation, generally ranging between about 16 to 19 grams per day."...
..."The benefits of fiber
As a dietitian, I always tell people that dietary fiber — the kind you get from foods, and not from supplements — is an essential power nutrient.
Adequate intake of dietary fiber is associated with reduced risk for heart disease, stroke, hypertension, certain gastrointestinal disorders and type 2 diabetes, researchers have found.
There’s also evidence that fiber’s benefits extends beyond any particular ailment: Eating more of it may lower people’s mortality rate. Even diets of residents in Blue Zones, places in the world where people live the longest, include fiber as a staple nutrient, especially in foods like black beans, chickpeas and lentils.
A National Institutes of Health study found that people who consumed higher amounts of fiber, particularly from grains, had a significantly lower risk of dying over a nine-year period compared to those who consumed lower amounts of fiber.
The analysis involved about 388,000 participants who were part of a larger NIH-AARP diet and health study who were between ages 50 and 71 years old when the study began.
How much fiber should you be getting?
The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2020 to 2025) from the USDA recommends 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories eaten. (The amount of calories you need per day varies depending on your gender, age, weight and activity level — with the most common number being 2,000 calories.)
The dietary fiber intake among the majority of Americans falls short of this recommendation, generally ranging between about 16 to 19 grams per day."...
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