Why I love fiber

Dietary fiber - one of my most favorite topics, to date.

For those who don't know fiber comes in soluable and insoluable fiber and is partially broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

The reason I talk about it so much, is that it is a natural dietary weapon against obesity. Foods that contain alot of fiber are often low in calories and low in fat and require your body to do alot more work in metabolising the food into the useful components its needs to function.

You need approximately 30 grams of fiber in your diet each day, and you can go along way to fighting fat and adopting a healthier lifestyle by simply adopting a high fiber diet.

The way in which you can do this is by simply substituting foods that you already eat with their high fiber alternatives. For example if you love pasta, substitute this with a wholewheat pasta - often these pasta's will be low GI as well. If you love cake - then substitute the chocolate cake for fruit cake made with wholemeal flour !

Eating something as simple as wheat bran for breakfast which is made up of 40% insoluable fiber can radically increase your fiber levels. A high fiber diet is not that hard, you just need to be aware of what foods are high in fiber and what foods are not.

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Fiber, Fiber and More Fiber

One of the things that I push alot is getting enough fiber in your fat burning diet.

A balanced diet is all that you need to lose weight, and eating enough fiber is just one component that makes up a balanced diet.

In a recent study done in Austria, it was found that those who had a high amount of fat in their diet (higher than 30% of their total intake) "show a lower intake of vegetables and fruit, cereal products, carotenoids, folates and dietary fibers". We are currently discussing this within the fat burning foods forum. Feel free to add your opinion there.

While eating fiber is generally a good thing, many people over-look the fact that you can get too much fiber, and effectively wash away the nutrients out of your body before your body has a chance to make use of them.

The catch is to have a balanced diet. Getting enough fiber means to be eating between 2 - 5 servings of fruit and 3 - 5 servings of vegetables every single day. If you think that you can't eat this amount every single day for whatever reason, try a fiber supplement that you can add to your drink or cereal in the morning.

Fat Burning Foods

Hi, if you don't already know me, My name is Jenny Mathers and I write for Savvy Fat Burning Foods

My mission is to provide a research resource for all those who want the truth about weight loss, nutrition and fat burning food. There is so much he said, she said about pineapple, strawberries, low carb, high carb, low fat, high fat diets, that really it gets to the point of being ridiculous.

Fat Burning Food is really just ordinary food, with properties such as low energy densities, high water content, high fiber and more and more research is suggesting low glycemic indexes. That's the truth of the matter ! Pure and simple. So when you purchase an apple and eat it as a snack, your eating a food high in water, high in micronutrients, relatively high in fiber and relatively low in calories - what more could you ask for in a fat burning food.

I'm also launching some other useful resources for you to use, such as the Fat Burning Foods Forum, which is more of a support tool, but will also aim to impart information to you. So I welcome you to come and post, contribute, ask questions and make friends who are also interested in working patiently to make themselves healthier and leaner.

Until my next post, I'd like to welcome you and hope that you benefit from the information within the website forum and this blog.