We often hear about important nutrients for body which includes some well known names called vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates. One most ignored nutrient which is as important as others is fiber. Interestingly, fiber also belongs to carbohydrates family with more of sugar level benefits.
Fibers have two main categories:
- Soluble fibers
- Insoluble fibers
Soluble fibers are easily soluble in water and helps in complete absorption of nutrients. Some important foods include brown rice, quinoa, ragi, barley and oats, beans and sweet potatoes.
Insoluble fibers holds the vice-versa properties and are not easily digestible. Insoluble fibers foster the better bowl movements and improve it. Thus, these act as an excellent source of detoxifying food. Many fruits and veggies hold the properties of these types of fibers. Some of them are avocados, apples, cereals and strawberries.
These conclude the below benefits of fibers for the body:
- Causes easy bowel movements.
- Regulates and maintains blood sugar levels.
- They make you feel fuller and not hungry and thus adds into your weight loss plans.
- They help in absorbing more nutrients from food.
- Frees you from blood sugar, diabetes and obesity.
As there are always prescribed amounts for consuming nutrients, fibers also ask for their fair share in your daily diet. Women must consume at least 25gms of fiber everyday and men should consume 35gms fiber each day. The amount also varies according to the amount of diet consumed every day. As fibers helps you in extracting nutrients from the food, the more food will require more fiber intake.
Fiber intake needs some precautions as well. Like drinking more water with more consumption is a requirement. Thus, boosting up the water intake is an important instruction to follow.
Complications of over-consumption:
If you consume it more than the prescribed limit, you may end up with health hurdles like gastric problems, low levels of cholesterol, and weigh loss.
