How and Why Fiber Does Magic in your Body
October 5th 2011 Posted at Nutrition
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Since you eat fiber all of the time, then it would be a good idea to really understand what fiber is and what it does in your body. Both fruits and vegetables have fiber but they have different kinds of fiber. Fiber is the form or structure of the plant, it’s the part the makes up the walls of cells. Fiber gives form to plant cells and to the plant. When fiber enters the stomach, stomach acid and digestive enzymes cannot break it down. It remains in take until it reaches the colon. There in the colon, fiber is partial digested by the good bacteria allowing the good bacteria to multiply and make you healthier. Fiber consists of many different substances and forms. It can be hard or rigid and soft and gummy. The hard fiber is called insoluble cellulose and found mostly in vegetables and grains, whereas, the soft fiber, soluble fiber, is found in fruits and v pure acai berry egetables. It is recommended that you eat between 25 to 45 grams of fiber. The larger you are the more fiber you should eat. Most of the soluble fiber, fruits, should be eaten in the morning, since it digests faster and helps you to detoxify your body. Insoluble fiber, in vegetables, should be eaten during lunch and dinner. They combine with your protein and carbohydrates to form stools that move quickly through your colon. This helps you avoid constipation. Here are some of the magical properties that fibers have in your body: Soluble fiber attracts, collects and hold fats, cholesterol, toxins, and other colon wastes They stimulate peristaltic action in the colon preventing constipation They act as a cleaner scraping waste off your colon walls They help you lose weight by absorbing fats and toxins and preventing them from being reabsorbed.