High Fiber Foods List: The Importance of High Fiber Foods for a Healthy Colon and a Stable Weight
Beans Are High in Fiber
First Up: The Importance of Fiber in Your Diet
A high fiber diet will help keep your colon healthy; a healthy colon is a happy colon. Fiber is an essential food group and it is crucial to ensure you eat enough fiber on a daily basis. The average adult requires between 25 and 35 grams of fiber a day.
A healthy diet is the foundation of a healthy body. Fiber is an important part of that foundation. Hemroids, constipation and IBS are only some of the conditions suffered by a lack of fiber in the diet. Insufficient fiber can also contribute to a lack of energy and /or a sluggish constitution.
Fiber has been noted to reduce other health risks; diabetes and heart disease. For those needing or wanting to lose weight, eating more fiber can aid weight loss as high fiber foods leave you fuller for longer and take longer to chew. Eating more fiber not only aids weight loss but helps you to stabilise your weight too. A stable weight is very important, yo-yo weight fluctuation is tough on your body and extremely unhealthy.
There are numerous foods to choose from when it comes to high fiber content. However if you don't eat a lot of fiber, but want to increase your intake, introduce small portions of high fiber foods gradually into your diet over a period of weeks to prevent any upset to your system.
Everyday High Fiber Foods
Fruits:
- apples (with skin) = 4 grams of fiber per medium fruit
- avocados = 10 grams of fiber per fruit
- bananas = 3 grams of fiber per medium fruit
- gooseberries = 7 grams of fiber per cup
- Kiwi = 2 grams of fiber per fruit
- oranges = 3 grams of fiber per fruit
- passion fruit = 24 grams of fiber per cup
- pears (with skin) = 5.5 grams of fiber per medium fruit
- raspberries = 8 grams of fiber per portion (1 cup)
- strawberries = 3 grams of fiber per portion (1 cup)
Vegetables:
- beans (all kinds) = an average of 13 to 18 grams of fiber per cup
- barley = 6 grams per cup
- broccoli = 5 grams per cup
- cabbage = 4 grams per cup
- corn on the cob = 3 grams per ear of corn
- lentils = 15 grams per cup
- peas (all kinds) = an average of 9 to 16 grams of fiber per cup
- potato (with skin) = 3 grams per medium potato
- spinach = 4 grams per cup
- sprouts = 4 grams per cup
Other High Fiber Food Sources:
- bread: multigrain, rye, whole wheat
- bran
- bran cereals
- figs, dried
- oatmeal
- whole grain pasta
- brown rice
- nuts: almonds, brasil nuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts
- raisins
- seeds: pumpkin, sesame, sunflower
Fiber List Tip
Increasing fiber in your diet doesn't have to be a chore: print the list and stick it on your fridge or message board for handy reference, especially good for when you go food shopping to the supermarket. If your plan is to really boost your fiber intake invest in the book below. It's a simple reference and not at all complicated. And don't obsess about a change to your diet, adding a few extras over time will become the norm before you know it.
High Fiber Foods: this book is ideal for a handy reference, it's straight forward and simple, I highly recommend this book as a guide for anyone not too well in
Make a Change: swop your high fat snacks for a handful of assorted nuts
Homemade Hummus Recipe
An Easy Recipe to Introduce More Fiber into Your Diet
- Easy Homemade No-Fuss Hummus: A Vegetarian Recipe
Deliciously easy homemade hummus. Serve with vegetable sticks if you want to be super healthy. I love garlic crostini myself. There is only so much healthiness I can eat at one time.
How to Introduce More Fiber into Your Diet
Make homemade:
- dips (hummus, guacamole)
- juices
- jams
- marmalades
- milkshakes
- purees
- salad
- salsas
- smoothies
- soups
- veggie casseroles
- veggie stews
Sprinkle seeds over:
- cereals
- pasta dishes
- salads
- soups
- vegetables
- yogurts
Snack on:
- cereal bars
- dried fruits
- fresh fruits
- nuts
- raw vegetable sticks
- whole grains
Swap:
- high fat snacks for fruit and nut snacks
- white bread for multigrain, rye or whole wheat
- white pasta for whole wheat
- white rice for brown
- low fiber cereals for bran or oatmeal cereals
- mash or boiled potatoes for jackets (potatoes baked in their skin)
As I have already said there are numerous high fiber foods to choose from and numerous ways to consume them. Pick a few of your favorites and add them to your diet. No one is suggesting you do a complete diet make over, but a few simple changes could make all the difference. Remember a happy colon is a healthy colon.
Homemade High Fiber Brown Soda Bread
Homemade Irish Brown Soda Bread Recipe as Pictured
- Brown Soda Bread Recipe: How to Make Brown Soda Brea...
Easy brown soda bread recipe complete with step by step instructions and pictures. An easy tasty recipe you will enjoy baking and love eating.
High Fiber Recipes: an easy and simple guide to high fiber cooking, you don't need to be a cook to buy this book and introduce more fiber into your diet with si
How often do you eat fruit and vegetables?
© 2012 Gabriel Wilson
Comments
- AUTHOR
Hi LivingFood. Tanx for your comment, I very much appreciate it :)
This is a well-grouped list of high fiber foods, making it a nice reference to come back to. Thank you.
- AUTHOR
Hello phdats7, Tanx for popping in :)
Great Hub. Informative and Helpful. Thanks.
- AUTHOR
It's true eHealer, people are too busy sometimes and put their health on the back burner. Tanx for your time :)
Thanks Gabriel, it's good to remind people how to take care of themselves, we get busy and distracted and just, forget. Thanks for the interesting hub.
- AUTHOR
Hi techhound. I do think a lot of us underestimate the importance of fiber in our diets. Tanx for reading and for your comment :)
Once I increased my fiber content in my diet, I have been able to maintain a very healthy weight and I feel better. This Hub is very well done.
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