What are foods with alot of fiber?
Dietary fiber is found in plants. While all plants contain some fiber, plants with high fiber concentrations are generally the most practical source. Fiber-rich plants can be eaten directly. Or, alternatively, they can be used to make supplements and fiber-rich processed foods. The American Dietetic Association (ADA) recommends consuming a variety of fiber-rich foods. Plant sources of fiber Legumes such as soybeans contain dietary fibers.Some plants contain significant amounts of soluble and insoluble fiber. For example plums (or prunes) have a thick skin covering a juicy pulp. The plum’s skin is an example of an insoluble fiber source, whereas soluble fiber sources are inside the pulp. Soluble fiber is found in varying quantities in all plant foods, including: legumes (peas, soybeans, and other beans) oats, rye, chia, and barley some fruits and fruit juices (including prune juice, plums, berries, bananas, and the insides of apples and pears) certain vegetables such as broccoli, carrot
a typical high fiber day should look like this: breakfast: 1 C. of Kashi Go Lean Cereal (8 grams fiber), Skim Milk, 1/2 Cup Fresh Strawberries (3 grams fiber) snack: cliff bar (5 grams fiber) lunch: wheat bread x2 (6 grams fiber total), tuna, light mayo, lettuce, carrot sticks (3 grams fiber in veggies) snack: apple w/ 2 tbsp natural peanut butter (7 grams fiber total), fiber 1 bar (9 grams fiber) dinner: piece of grilled chicken, cooked asparagus (3 grams fiber), 3/4 c. brown rice (4 grams fiber) dessert: 2 fig newton cookies (3 grams fiber) snack: 1/2 cup raisin bran crunch, half banana, 6oz non fat fiber 1 vanilla yogurt (12 grams fiber total) make sure you drink 7 cups of water a day. make sure you stay active add Benefiber to the yogurt, cereal and add it to your water…you can’t taste it and each tbsp adds an extra 3 grams of fiber. Try to have 3 tbsp of it…this will total to: 62 grams.
