Easy Weight Loss Strategy: Eat More Fiber

Looking for an easy and natural way to lose weight? A number of recent studies have proven a very simple strategy for almost guaranteed weight loss: Eating more dietary fiber or supplementing with dietary fiber.

Let’s take a quick look at the research and how much fiber is necessary for weight loss. Then we'll discuss where to get your fiber and which types do what.

Cranberries Contain Prebiotic that Feeds Our Gut Probiotics

Cranberries contain numerous antioxidants and nutrients that provide many health benefits. Recent research has unveiled yet another benefit of cranberries: A special type of complex sugar that nourishes our gut bacteria.

Cranberries contain prebiotic.

Gut-friendly Prebiotic found in Carrots

We can now add carrots to the list of prebiotics. Prebiotics are compounds that the probiotics in our guts use as nourishment.

Research shows carrots contain important prebiotic

Pistachios and Almonds are Prebiotics

As research unveils more and more benefits of having healthy probiotic colonies, it behooves us to feed and nourish those colonies with prebiotic foods. Multiple studies have now found that pistachios and almonds boost and feed healthy probiotic colonies in our gut.

Wheat Bran Boosts Gut Probiotics

Research from European and American scientists has confirmed that wheat bran contains a special prebiotic fiber that feeds our gut bacteria. The prebiotic fiber is called arabinoxylan oligosaccharides which boost bifidobacteria content within the gut, and helps relieve numerous gastrointestinal issues.