{"id":3895,"date":"2016-02-01T12:01:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T04:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.furleybio.com\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:42:05","slug":"lose-weight-diet-high-fiber-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furleybio.com\/blog\/ms\/lose-weight-diet-high-fiber-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Lose weight\/diet with high fiber? Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gaining weight?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research showed women gained weight faster than men. The current trend is existences of large segment of Malaysians are overweight due to high intake of sweetened foods and their lifestyle problem which mainly lacks of regular exercise (WHO, 2014). The prevalence of overweight and obesity is universally assessed by using <strong>body mass index<\/strong> (<strong>BMI<\/strong>), defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres (kg\/m<sup>2<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, many consumers spend much money on weight loss products or services to prevent non-communicable diseases especially diabetes. The money spent will be wasted if spent on worthless remedies. There are suggestions and rumors say that high-fiber meals help in weight loss. Do you know what does this fiber which is just the part of plant cells can do on our digestive system. Why don\u2019t you give it a try?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does fiber help in losing weight\/diet? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First of all, the consumption of fiber can help in feeling fullness by adding bulk to ingested food. The fiber will stay longer in the stomach as compared to other primary metabolites such as carbohydrate and protein. Therefore, you will have tendency of eating less after the consumption of high-fiber meals.<\/p>\n<p>Besides adding bulk to the food by insoluble fiber, complimentarily assisted by soluble fiber helps to soak up the water and contained in itself which make you tend to drink more water. This eases the bowel movement and peristalsis with enough moist and smooth flow. Furthermore, the soluble fiber facilitates in defecation and prevents constipation which is the hardening of feces, difficult to bulk out the feces as waste from body.<\/p>\n<p>Eating plenty of fiber also help in moving fat at a faster rate through digestive system. Hence, less fat is absorbed and help in controlling weight. More importantly, when you are filled up on high-fiber foods such as fruits and vegetable, you will feel more energetic and have high energy for exercising more than merely meat intake.<\/p>\n<p>The nutritionist suggests 21-38g of fiber included in meals per day for optimal health. Last but not least, the fiber can help to maintain the body\u2019s fat burning capacity therefore it can avoid insulin spikes that make you feeling hungry and craving for foods.<\/p>\n<p>Simply just eat fiber as a way of dieting. It makes you feel full and it is very affordable!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaining weight?\u00a0 Research showed women gained weight faster than men. The current trend is existences of large segment of Malaysians are overweight due to high&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[180,221,218,663,4041,4040,4024,179],"class_list":["post-3895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bmi","tag-fiber","tag-fibre","tag-health","tag-health-tips","tag-kesihatan","tag-tips-kesihatan","tag-who"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d155kity4o7fyf.cloudfront.net\/2018\/10\/fibre.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5e8Qo-10P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4015,"url":"https:\/\/furleybio.com\/blog\/ms\/what-is-so-good-about-superfood-avocado\/","url_meta":{"origin":3895,"position":0},"title":"What is so good about Superfood Avocado?","author":"Furley Bio","date":"Januari 18,","format":false,"excerpt":"The Superfood Avocado is the national fruit to Mexico. 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