A Wealth Of Health: Eating Foods High In Fiber
By choosing high fiber foods, you can become part of the legend
of those who have the nutritional wisdom which ensures better
health, counteracts disease, and produces greater vitality. Ask
not what your high fiber diet can do for you, but what you can
do for your high fiber diet. Camelot? Spamalot? Fiber--alot.
Fiberlady is the new Guinevere. She's come to share the wealth
about your health. One of the main reasons for the emerging
trend of high fiber foods is the ongoing quest for weight loss.
Even the Knights of the Round Table have discovered that their
armor fits better than ever.
The average American consumes about 5-13 grams of fiber daily,
but nutrition experts recommend a daily intake of 20-35 grams.
Here's what you can do in the quest for your high fiber diet.
Start by replacing white bread with whole grain bread, white
rice with brown rice. Add more beans and legumes, veggies,
fruits, seeds and nuts. Any foods with more than 4 grams per
serving are categorized as high in fiber.
People are moving away from the low-carb diet fad towards eating
foods that are high in fiber. New products making high-fiber
claims has nearly doubled in the past few years. For example,
Sara Lee (bless her heart) has developed a white bread with all
the fiber and many of the nutrients of whole wheat bread. And
wonder of wonders, Wonder has made a bread with a special 100%
whole wheat flour milled from white wheat. These products make
the new USDA Food Pyramid much easier to scale.
A diet rich in high fiber foods is essential for your ultimate
health. Dietary fiber is vital for prevention or treatment of
diverticulitis, diabetes, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and
Crohn's disease. Studies have shown that certain conditions such
as constipation, hemorrhoids, diverticulosis and high blood
pressure respond favorably to a high fiber diet. Those who need
a gluten free diet can still benefit from a variety of high
fiber foods. Certain types of fiber can even lower blood
cholesterol levels.
One of Fiberlady's greatest concerns is the alarming trend for
today's children to be overweight. The new Food Guide Pyramid
recommends that children consume 1 to 3 servings of whole grains
daily. It's probable that most children don't even eat 1 serving
a day of whole grains. Dietary fiber has a powerful impact on
children's overall health. After eating fiber-rich foods, there
is a feeling of fullness which helps to control overeating.
Fiber also helps regulate blood sugar which is vital to
childrens' energy and digestive health. High fiber foods are as
important to their health as it is to yours.
Fiberlady knows how easy it is to raise your high fiber IQ.
Educate yourself and those you love about high cholesterol,
diabetes, types of cancer, high blood pressure, and other
ailments that can be drastically improved or controlled by
including high fiber recipes and high fiber menus on a regular
daily basis.
Camelot was the beginning of the Quest for the Holy Grail. It
could be considered a state of mind, but the quest for high
fiber health is most assuredly the starting point to a state of
good health!