Eat More, Weigh Less? The Magic of Fiber in Your Diet

Forget about self-restraint. There’s a better weight loss success plan: Stuff yourself silly. Fill your mouth and your stomach without doing the same to your skinny jeans. It’s called fiber, and if you still think of it as something grandma stirs into her orange juice to stay regular, then it’s time for a serious update.

A Breakdown of Fiber

What is it, exactly, and why should you be ingesting it every day without fail?

Fiber is a macronutrient, found in the indigestible parts of a plant. It’s found in fruits and veggies, whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and beans. Now that the fiber trend is catching on, you will find it has been added to plenty of foods at the grocery store. Other foods stop to pay a toll along your gastrointestinal highway, but fiber zips through the express lane because your body can’t digest it. And that’s the beauty of fiber!

You’ve probably heard that there are two kinds of fiber: soluble and insoluble. In your stomach, soluble fiber binds with liquids to form a gummy gel. It makes you feel full. It slows digestion, allowing your body to absorb more nutrients from the other foods you eat.  Insoluble fiber passes through your intestines largely intact, bulking up as it absorbs liquid in the stomach; the bulk pushes waste down and out of your system.

Fiber is also a hero to your heart. It helps to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Soluble fiber’s effect on cholesterol is so potent that the FDA allows companies to advertise this fact on products like oatmeal.

Why You Need More Fiber

Most of us aren’t getting enough. The average American man and woman consumes about 10 to 15 grams of fiber a day — about half of what’s needed to meet the minimum daily requirement of 25 grams. And experts say that more is even better — about 30 to 40 grams a day, according to the Harvard School of Medicine.

The more fiber a food has, the better. It just so happens that most high-fiber foods tend to be low-calorie so you can eat a lot of them. Fiber makes you full because it swells in your stomach when it absorbs liquid. And when you’re feeling full, you’re eating less and losing weight!

The Ultimate Fiber Solution

To get the most out of fiber, Genesis Today’s GenEssentials™ Fiber offers a potent blend of digestive fibers that speed-up the breakdown of foods. This means you’ll achieve optimal absorption and assimilation of nutrients from the foods you eat. It also contains a heat-generating blend and a proprietary digestive tract blend. These blends enhance the complete digestion of all food groups and in the process, support the health of the entire digestive system.

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