Health Conditions That a Good Fiber Diet Can Prevent
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Health Conditions That a Good Fiber Diet Can Prevent
Word Count:
671
Summary:
We have all heard that fiber is important for a healthy life.
But how important?
Let us have
can combat.
Keywords:
fiber,health,diet,vegetables,fruit
Article Body:
Back in the 1940s, Dr. Denis Burkitt began to notice the importance of diet to good health. Wo
like constipation, hemorrhoids, and appendicitis, that were widespread in the Western world. H
could explain why.
Fiber is the part of fruits, vegetables, and grains your body canntt digest. There are basical
fiber which dissolves easily in water and becomes a soft gel in your intestines. Insoluble fib
through your digestive system.
In his book, Eat Right - To Stay Healthy and Enjoy Life More, published over 20 years ago, Bur
eat about 60 grams of fiber a day. In Western countries, the average amount was about 20 grams
Today fiber intake is even lower. According to the National Institutes of Health, Americans ea
eating the lowest amounts, you fall far short of the recommended 20 to 35 grams. Many nutritio
Burkitt recommended.
10 conditions you can fight with fiber
Increasing the fiber in your diet can help you avoid these conditions - or deal with them in a
Diabetes.
Fiber helps improve the way your body manages insulin and glucose. That means you can lower yo
carbohydrates. Dark rye bread, whole-wheat crackers, multi-grain bagels, and bran muffins are
Heart attacks and strokes.
The soluble fiber in foods like oatmeal, okra, and oranges helps eliminate a good deal of the
heart attack.
Constipation and hemorrhoids.
"If fiber intake were adequate, laxatives would seldom be required," said Burkitt. Apples, swe
Burkitt thought "softage" would be a better name for fiber, because it keeps the stool moist,
Appendicitis.
"Keeping bowel content soft," said Burkitt, "seems to provide the best safeguard against the d
are a tasty way to do this.
Diverticulosis.
As your body processes fibrous foods, like peas, spinach, and corn, it tones up and strengthen
diverticula, which can cause abdominal pain if they become inflamed.
Weight gain.
The best and simplest way to lose weight is to eat low-fat, lowcalorie vegetables and grains.
less fat you will be consuming, and vice versa." And since the fiber swells, you’ll feel satis
plums or strawberries.
Impotence.
It’s probably never been imagined that navy beans, brussels spouts, and zucchini squash could
maintain strong blood flow to the penis by lowering your cholesterol and keeping your blood ve
protein that also helps improve potency.
Cancer.
Burkitt believed a high-fiber diet defends against colon and rectal cancers in two ways. His c
higher the incidence of bowel cancer. Eventually, he realized that the more bulky, fiber-rich
Not only that, but a healthy portion of fiber speeds cancercausing compounds out of the digest
trouble.
Even if experts debate how all this really works, anyone who loads their plate with whole grai
arguing with natural success.
Burkitt also considered fiber a protector against other conditions, like gallbladder disease,
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Health Conditions That a Good Fiber Diet Can Prevent
Word Count:
671
Summary:
We have all heard that fiber is important for a healthy life.
But how important?
Let us have
can combat.
Keywords:
fiber,health,diet,vegetables,fruit
Article Body:
Back in the 1940s, Dr. Denis Burkitt began to notice the importance of diet to good health. Wo
like constipation, hemorrhoids, and appendicitis, that were widespread in the Western world. H
could explain why.
Fiber is the part of fruits, vegetables, and grains your body canntt digest. There are basical
fiber which dissolves easily in water and becomes a soft gel in your intestines. Insoluble fib
through your digestive system.
In his book, Eat Right - To Stay Healthy and Enjoy Life More, published over 20 years ago, Bur
eat about 60 grams of fiber a day. In Western countries, the average amount was about 20 grams
Today fiber intake is even lower. According to the National Institutes of Health, Americans ea
eating the lowest amounts, you fall far short of the recommended 20 to 35 grams. Many nutritio
Burkitt recommended.
10 conditions you can fight with fiber
Increasing the fiber in your diet can help you avoid these conditions - or deal with them in a
Diabetes.
Fiber helps improve the way your body manages insulin and glucose. That means you can lower yo
carbohydrates. Dark rye bread, whole-wheat crackers, multi-grain bagels, and bran muffins are
Heart attacks and strokes.
The soluble fiber in foods like oatmeal, okra, and oranges helps eliminate a good deal of the
heart attack.
Constipation and hemorrhoids.
"If fiber intake were adequate, laxatives would seldom be required," said Burkitt. Apples, swe
Burkitt thought "softage" would be a better name for fiber, because it keeps the stool moist,
Appendicitis.
"Keeping bowel content soft," said Burkitt, "seems to provide the best safeguard against the d
are a tasty way to do this.
Diverticulosis.
As your body processes fibrous foods, like peas, spinach, and corn, it tones up and strengthen
diverticula, which can cause abdominal pain if they become inflamed.
Weight gain.
The best and simplest way to lose weight is to eat low-fat, lowcalorie vegetables and grains.
less fat you will be consuming, and vice versa." And since the fiber swells, you’ll feel satis
plums or strawberries.
Impotence.
It’s probably never been imagined that navy beans, brussels spouts, and zucchini squash could
maintain strong blood flow to the penis by lowering your cholesterol and keeping your blood ve
protein that also helps improve potency.
Cancer.
Burkitt believed a high-fiber diet defends against colon and rectal cancers in two ways. His c
higher the incidence of bowel cancer. Eventually, he realized that the more bulky, fiber-rich
Not only that, but a healthy portion of fiber speeds cancercausing compounds out of the digest
trouble.
Even if experts debate how all this really works, anyone who loads their plate with whole grai
arguing with natural success.
Burkitt also considered fiber a protector against other conditions, like gallbladder disease,
This article was publi
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