Are you getting enough dietary fiber?

How much fiber are you getting?

If you want to avoid constipation among other things you need a diet that has enough fiber to keep you healthy!

Me – I add some Psyllium Husks to my morning juice plus try to eat as much raw food as I can!

Dietary fibers are the indigestible part of plant foods that absorb water while passing through the colon, making defecation easier.  If there is insufficient supply of fiber on your diet, the colon may absorbs all the water in the digested food as it passes through the large intestines.

Even though you may think so, getting the amount of fiber you need isn’t very
hard to do.

Constipation is a digestive tract ailment where a sufferer excretes hard feces. When constipated, the large intestine that pushes the food to the rectum may be moving slowly or not moving at all.

Very often people with dietary defieciencies of fiber are prone to constipation and also hemorrhoids. Trust me – they aren’t fun!

There are internal hemorrhoids and external, or prolapsed hemorrhoids.

Internal hemorrhoids occur high up in the rectum and generally the only symptom you will notice is some bright red blood on the stool, or in the toilet.

The process of eliminating waste is a big deal. We need to be more aware of how it imapcts our health.

You can get enough fiber.  If you eat more than 50 grams of fiber in a day, you can get diarrhea and bloating, which can interfere with your body’s
absorption of other key minerals.

Getting the right amount of fiber in your diet doesn’t have to be hard.   All you have to do is eat the right  foods and you’ll be well on your way to a fiber rich lifestyle.

Solid and or semi-solid wastes are eliminated from the body through the anus in a process called defecation. Food passes the digestive system where nutrients and other nourishment is absorbed and processed. It then becomes feces stored in the rectum until time of excretion.

Food is pushed along the large intestine towards the rectum by waves of muscle contraction called peristalsis. Fecal matter should be expelled from the body at least on a daily basis to ensure that no waste materials are kept inside the body. However there are circumstances that the body experiences difficulty removing solid wastes.

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