Fiber

tammyordiway
tammyordiway Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I need more fiber in my diet...what are some decent tasting foods with a lot of fiber?

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  • fimary
    fimary Posts: 274 Member
    my diary is open please feel free to look, i am usually over every day on fiber
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    there's 2 types of fiber: Soluble and insoluble.
    Both are beneficial.
    Soluble fiber is found in grains like oatmeal and wheat. It forms a gel in the intestines and traps certain things like cholesterol making them not absorbable by the body. This is why you hear that oats are good for lowering cholesterol.

    Insoluble fiber is fiber the body can't digest and it helps to move things on through the intestines. Good sources of this are your veggies and fruits. Things like lettuce, raw spinach, celery, potato w/ the skin, apples with the skin, etc.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Get your oats for a good dose of soluble fiber as well as soluble fiber. Other good sources of insoluble fiber are fruits and veg, avocado (guess that's technically fruit), legumes, greens, etc. Just get more roughage.

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