Up Your Dietary Fiber Intake – Part I (foods high on insoluble fibers)
After we squeeze every little bit of nutrition from our foods, fiber is what remains. However, don’t discount fiber. It is a very important part of a healthy diet.
Sadly, most older Americans eat approximately 16.8 grams of fiber per day, while actually they need 25 to 35 grams per day to protect from diseases.
You can make a change by changing your habits. Researchers have found an astounding 33% drop in cholesterol levels, and the only change the people did was to increase fiber intake. The research also indicates that the perillyl alcohol, contained in the fiber cells stops most kinds of tumors dead in their tracks.
Before we explore the ways, in which fiber prevents tumors, we will look into the different types of fiber. They act in different ways to promote your health.
Insoluble fiber comes from the substance that forms the walls of plants. It is called unsoluble, because your body cannot break it down into simple parts through its digestive system. It helps the rest of the food to move faster through your system. This is why foods like bran are natural laxatives.
Grain products and vegetables contain lots of unsoluble fiber. Although it seems like rabbit food, these fibers prevent colon cancer. They are also linked to preventing pancreatic and prostate cancer.
How it works?
Insoluble fiber absorbs water as a sponge. thereby making stools bigger. That excess bulk spreads out cancer by preventing the grouping of the cancer cells. In simple terms, even if there was a cancer in the early stage in one’s body, it will never develop.
So if there was a food, that stops cancer from happening, wouldn’t you want to eat more of it?
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