Why is fiber important for my health?

Why is fiber important for my health?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: Why is fiber important for my health?; Which foods have the most fiber? and more...

Fibre is essential in the diet. We need 5 grams of fibre every day, and most of us are getting between five and ten grams of fibre, if we're lucky. We run out and buy cereal that supposedly has a lot of grams of fibre; maybe three grams of fibre per serving. That's nothing. Eat oatmeal and get real fibre. That's basically what I teach my clients. Eat whole fruits and vegetables; they're loaded with fibre. Why is fibre important? It's like the broom or the sweeper of all of the bad stuff that we want to get out of our body. It's like a detoxer in itself, but it basically cleans out all of the low density lipoproteins, those not-so-healthy cholesterol molecules that we're getting into our body or that we're developing in our body from the foods that we're eating. Fibre also helps to increase the high density lipoproteins which are beneficial for keeping your body healthy and preventing heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses. So, fibre is critical. It is one of the least ingested items in our diet today, and it's one of the most critical.