WHAT IS SOLUBLE FIBER?

DO YOU WANT TO EAT HEALTHIER BUT ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU SHOULD BE EATING?  THERE ARE MANY HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS OUT THERE.  TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOLUBLE FIBER AND WHAT FOODS YOU CAN FIND IT IN.


FIBER HELPS PROMOTE HEALTH AND REDUCE THE RISK FOR SOME CHRONIC DISEASES.  FIBER ALSO PREVENTS CONSTIPATION, HEMORRHOIDS AND DIVERTICULOSIS.  FIBER HAS ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO PREVENT COLON AND BREAST CANCER.  FIBER IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS, SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE.  BOTH ARE UNDIGESTED AND DO NOT GET ABSORBED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.  FIBER IS NOT USED FOR ENERGY, IT IS EXCRETED FROM YOUR BODY.  LETS TALK ABOUT SOLUBLE FIBER.


SOLUBLE FIBER HAS BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE BAD CHOLESTEROL AND IMPROVE HEART HEALTH, WHICH IS WHY SOME FOODS ARE PROMOTED AS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.  (THEY CONTAIN SOME SOLUBLE FIBER)  


FDA DOES NOT REQUIRE FOOD COMPANIES TO BREAK DOWN INSOLUBLE AND SOLUBLE FIBER ON THIER PRODUCT SO YOU MAY BE TAKING IN SOME AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT.  I AM SEEING IT LISTED ON THE PACKAGE MORE AND MORE AS MORE AMERICANS ARE BEING HEALTH CONSCIOUS AND IT SHOWS TO HELP SELL PRODUCTS.  LETS FACE IT WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE EATING AT LEAST THOSE THAT CARE ABOUT THIER HEALTH.


OATMEAL HAS SOLUBLE FIBER IN IT AND YOU CAN EAT IT AS JUST PLAIN HOT OATMEAL OR USE IT IN MANY RECIPES AS FLOUR.  TO MAKE OATMEAL FLOUR JUST SIMPLY PUT THE OATS IN A PROCESSOR, MIXER OR BULLET AND TURN ON UNTIL THE OATS ARE TURNED INTO FLOUR.  VERY SIMPLE AND LETS NOT FORGET HEART HEALTHY TOO.

BE SURE TO TRY MY BLUEBERRY OATMEAL PANCAKE RECIPES.


I WILL BE POSTING MORE RECIPES REPLACING FLOUR WITH OATMEAL FLOUR.