Healthy Fiber – “Eat more fiber”. Easy to say but hard to do? You have probably heard that before, but why is fiber so good for us? A high fiber diet (approximately 30-40g per day) reduces the risk of some chronic conditions. It is also a great way to help you feel full quickly and lose weight. Fiber comes from plant foods: whole grain cereals, vegetables, legumes, fruit, nuts and seeds, and is necessary for your gut to function properly. However, it is important to drink plenty of fluids in order for the fiber to swell and act as a sponge and regulate your gut movement.
Fiber acts like a sponge and soaks up sugar in the foods you eat, and releases it slowly, helping control blood sugar levels. It also reduces cholesterol absorption and excretion, therefore reducing blood cholesterol. But that's not all. Foods that are high in fiber expand in the stomach and intestine like a sponge, to help you feel full, and these foods tend to be those low in energy. These foods are said to have low energy density. If you compare to a bag of candy, there is no fiber in it and they are very high in energy, and candy does not act like a sponge and expand in your stomach to help you feel full and stop eating!
CAOH® Acai berries can help you bulk up your diet with fiber, and therefore decrease its energy density. This way you!ll be eating less energy for the same weight of food and therefore help in weight management. CAOH® organic freeze dried Acai has a fiber content of 1.35g (per 5g serve) compared with an apple (1.8g) or a weetbix (1.8g). In an Acai berry smoothie with 3 scoops of organic freeze dried All the information on acai berries. powder, you get around 4g of dietary fiber! The recommended intake is suggested to be 30g of fiber per day.
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