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Monday, March 8, 2010

Use Fiber for Weight Control

Excerpt from, Fiber: The Number One Supplement for Weight Control:
When you take fiber supplements with water before meals, the water soluble fiber binds to water in the stomach, making you feel full, and therefore less likely to overeat. It also suppresses hunger. In addition, fiber supplements have been shown to enhance blood-sugar control and insulin effects and even to reduce the number of calories (adding up to about three to 18 pounds per year!) that the body absorbs. And a study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a diet with 50 grams of fiber per day lowered insulin levels in the blood. (Remember, insulin is known as "the fat storage hormone" for good reason.)
I'm eating my fiber in the foods I eat...but, if you want to lose weight and don't like eating fiber...try supplements!