"I do not eat salad. It is rabbit food!" I have to admit the first time I heard my uncle say this I was just a boy and found it amusing. Now that I have spent the last few years coaching people through to their weight loss goals I find the statement pitiful. Here was a man who was brilliant when it came to creating successful businesses and amassing a fortune but completely ignorant about maintaining a healthy body.
The rabbit food he held in such contempt was an excellent source of fiber and extremely important to his health. Why did my uncle need fiber and so do you?
Throughout the digestive process fibers act like sponges. Bran fibers can absorb four times their weight in liquids. Fruit fibers can absorb as much as three times. You will want to consider increasing your fiber intake for weight loss reasons. First reason is fibers can be used to stimulate the digestive juices. Combining the digestive juices with the expanding fibers and you end up with a "full" feeling without having consumed all the extra calories.
The other reason for increasing your fiber intake is that fibers are not digested and do not produce any weight gain. The fibers are merely eliminated through the intestines. There is a lot of wisdom in the old adage, "an apple a day will keep the doctor away." That same apple can keep the extra pounds and inches away too.
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
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