High-Fiber Foods you could use…
How much fiber is too much fiber? I’m not sure you can really get too much but 25 to 35 grams a day of fiber for a healthy diet is a great start. Start by reading food labels and shopping for more foods higher in fiber content along with your weekly groceries and incorporate these foods choices with your daily family meals.
Most Americans of which foods are high in fiber or not. As a matter of fact, I’d say most Americans aren’t really sure what they are putting in their mouths on a daily basis as a good rule of thumb. This is another point entirely LOL. Some awesome dietary sources of fiber are fruits and vegetables, barlies, oats, beans, nuts, and various seeds.
A few other favorites that just might surprise you are Avocados. The creamy center of an raw avocado contains almost 1 gram of fiber by itself. Legumes or edible seeds that grow in pods such as Peas and lentils are excellent examples of legumes high in dietary fiber. Noodles made from grains contain fiber. Whole-wheat noodles are really what you want to get here. Popcorn This makes a great snack high in dietary fiber that anyone can enjoy but just skip that heavy buttery coating if you know what’s good for you. And last but not least Berries no matter how you cut them whether fresh, canned, or frozen; Berries are an excellent sources of dietary fiber. Blackberries and raspberries are especially potent.
High-fiber foods are easy to include in your diet. Not only does eating fiber aid in digestion, increasing your fiber intake can also help you live a longer and healthier life.
BENEFITS OF HIGH FIBER SNACKS
First of all it is well known fiber in your diet keeps you from getting constipated. This is because fibrous foods are mostly all digestible. There are many studies proving the wonderful health benefits to a high fiber diet including help with high cholesterol to controlling your weight and many say it even help fight cancer with certain fibrous foods. Fiber in your diet gives your body a fuller feeling and keeps you from snacking as much with other junkier foods.
Try a new high fiber snack. Here are a few suggestions to a potato chip alternative you can pick up today!
- mixed nuts, almonds, raisins and walnuts
- dried apricots and figs
- popcorn
- oatmeal mixed with raisins
- nutritional cereal bars
Also when cooking your oats and whole wheats make sure you cook with alkaline water by adding a little lemon. You can add a drop of olive oil or a pinch of celtic sea salt. Whole grains can be made on their own or along with steamed or stir-fry veggies. Try adding almond milk or a little coconut oil to you whole grains and a dash of stevia to taste (if desired).
Mix it up and have some fun!
Till next time – Jon
Protein is essentially a chain of amino acids and essential amino acid is one the body does not make but must be ingested with our diet. There are nine amino acids we as humans must consume in fairly large amounts. What’s interesting is that if you look at the nutritional values in many greens and vegetables you will notice one is higher in some amino acids and lower in others but the ones it is ow in has other greens and vegetables that it is high in. This basically states you will find a high amount of all the essential amino acids with a health blend of many greens and vegetables in your diet. This is a common misconception that you need meats to get protein but just isn’t so. For instance a pound of kale ( a dark leafy green vegetable) has more protein than the USDA recommends for your daily allowance of protein. This should get you to thinking at least a little.
Another point I’d like to leave is complex chains like you get from animals can be harder for your body to digest that individual amino acids gained from different greens and vegetables brand new created from the sun and chlorophyll. Most animals created their amino acid chains from greens and vegetables too. Doesn’t it just make sense to give your body fresh new amino acids to form chains into proteins that to have to break down existing chains and take the good with the bad to form it’s own proteins.
Now personally I don’t believe this or any other information will ever steer me to going 100 percent vegan but it certainly helps me to make a more well formed decision the next time I’m filling my plate. Maybe a sensible piece of meat with a large green salad is the better way to go and might make my body feel better even more. Till next time!
The three causes of aging are 1. an acidic body environment, 2. a living enzyme depletion, and 3. oxidation or free radicals. These three things are what I hope to teach to combat on this blog and share with the world (as I learn myself). I’ve already mentioned the green smoothies which helps combat against an acidic body environment. The dark greens are very alkaline and the more alkaline based foods you put into your body, it will start to crave those types of foods. I’m sure there are several resources out there (and i will share them as I find them and research some) to reference PH of many foods. From what I understand PH ranges from 0 (acidic) to 15 (alkaline) and you can actually test this level against your urine and spit with some cheat test strips found on Amazon.com. Till next time …
Hello everyone … I am just about to finish reading an awesome book I bought a few days ago on Amazon. It’s called Green For Life by Victora Boutenko. Victoria has really put some study in the field and admits in her book there are faults in the industry from amateur research trying to figure it all out to labeling of produce standards (or lack there of). I like the book because Victoria gave me who knows very little in the area (a newbie) a very good brief on many topics and left me thirsty for more. My wife and I started drinking green smoothies about a week ago and I think I get better at it every time. I don’t believe I’m ready to go all raw food as Victoria seems to practice and suggest but this information is all good anyways.
Learn about topics from Green Smoothies to the types of fiber and benefits of fiber to enzymes and hydrochloric acid in your stomach. She even did a short study of her own called the Roseburg Study. I highly recommend this book and I also bought her book Green Smoothie Revolution which offers great information about the green smoothie and adds 200 recipes sure to meet everyone’s taste buds.
You can check it out more on Amazon as well as check out tthe rave reviews Here!
Welcome to HighFiberSnacks.com I started this blog as a journal to help all readers learn with me as I embark to learn the seven healthy secrets of the world. I have much to learn and much to teach as I learn about and master reversing teh signs of aging, healing major and minor diseases and so much more by doing nothing more than learning about the human body and sharing great secrets and products along the way to give the body what it needs to heal itself.
The body is the only thing that can heal itself. All the doctors and medicines out there can only make conditions favorable for the body to heal itself and that is the best it can ever do. If you learn to give the body what it needs every day, you may find you never have to visit a doctor or take another prescription ever again.
Join me in this journey of understanding and together lets change our lives forever!
Jonathan
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