whats the difference between dietary fiber and insoluble fiber in food???
Racecar, “dietary fiber” is just the broad, umbrella description. There are two types of dietary fiber; soluble and insoluble fiber.
Soluble fiber forms a gel when mixed with liquid, while insoluble fiber does not. Insoluble fiber passes through your digestive tract largely intact. Both types of fiber are important in the diet and provide benefits to the digestive system by helping to maintain regularity. Soluble fiber has some additional benefits to heart health.
If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
TT,
Since you have always have a wide range of food selections for all of your posts, could you give a bunch for each type of fiber.
Boss14, I have a nutritional desk reference that lists Total Carbs (in grams) and Fiber (in grams) for all the different fruits and veggies. My approach is to subtract fiber from total carbs when I’m going low-carb. So if I were you, I’d look up the veggies you’re willing to eat to see which gives you the biggest fiber bang for the buck.
My favorites, though, are oatmeal (soluble; good for the heart), broccoli (anti-carcinogenic), apples (a great source of pectin). All Bran cereal has recently been added to the list. In a pinch sugar-free Metamucil does a pretty good job. But getting your fiber from fruits and veggies is BEST!
One of my favorites is Beans. Dark Red Kidney…yum.
Not sure on which type it is tho.
I 100% agree with T.T…I also use every source of fiber that she does on an everday basis,it is very important to keep fiber intake high
What’s the minimum fibre that should gotten daily? Checking over my food logs I’ve been getting about 20grams a day.
Chris
planbeta, it is conservatively recommended that you get 20-35g of fiber per day. You’re not doing badly. The average American gets only 15g per day.