My New Regimen for Fiber

So I belong to Lifetime Fitness Gym.  And I receive a monthly magazine called, Experience Life, in the April 2010 issue, there is an article named:  Fiber:  Why It Matters More Than You Think.  After reading this article, which I might add, was well written, so that the consumer could understand.  I now have a new regimen for fiber. 

I used to recommend getting in your 26 grams of fiber a day by eating General Mill's Fibre One or Kellogg's All Bran.  And I still recommend using these cereals as one of the sources for getting in your daily recommended allowance of fiber.  One half cup of either cereal for breakfasts gives you 13 grams of the needed 26 grams of fiber per day, and yes I said per day.  But get this, the average adult only gets in maybe 8grams of fiber a day.  So that means, with each day we are getting behind in eating the required amount of fiber so that our bodies can function properly. 

After reading this article it was crystal clear why my bodies needs to get in the full 26, if not more grams of fiber per day.  Fiber helps the body eliminate trash, toxins, garbage in our systems.  According to the article I read eating your daily recommended allowance of 26grams of fiber a day, you could eliminate a lot of different types of illness.  So now, I will break down my portion of fiber and have 3-1/2 cups of fiber per day. I will not be eating cereal 3 times a day, no.  I will have one serving fiber from cereal. I am probably going to get my second serving from dried beans, and the last from fruits and veggies. That way, my body will be taking out the trash 3 times a day.  Fiber gives bulk and shape to your bowel movements. 

Fiber comes in three types they mentioned in the article, soluble, insoluble, and a new one to me, prebiotic.  I will write about the three different types in my next article, so stay tuned.

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