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Psyllium Husk and Weight Control

Psyllium husk is the outer cover of the psyllium seed. It is extremely high in fiber, in fact 11g of psyllium husk contains 3 grams of dietary fiber; compared to 11g of oats which contains 1g of fiber.

Fiber is not only fantastic at keeping you regular, recent research has shown that it also can reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome, help stabalise blood glucose, it can be used in certain types of diarrhoea to absorb excess moisture, help reduce fat absorption, weight, reduce total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol (bad cholesterol) which in turn reduces the risk of heart disease. It also keeps you fuller for longer.

Safe Weight Loss and Fiber

Fiber alone is not recommended to be used for weight loss. The best and safest way to lose weight is by adding fiber to a healthy diet and exercising regularly. However recent studies have shown that even adding fiber to your diet without changing it dramatically can reduce total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol levels, reduce weight, BMI, percent total body fat and reduce risk factors of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a group of medical diseases which increase a person's chances of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

In this study combining a healthy diet with a fiber supplementation, not only reduced cholesterol, body fat, BMI, weight and the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. It also reduced insulin and triglyceride levels.

How Fiber Supplementation Works

All the benefits of fiber supplementation are due to the way fiber works. Fiber is broken up into two types. Soluble and insoluble fiber. Both of these help to benefit the body.

Soluble Fiber

  • Binds with fatty acids reducing the absorption of fat into the body.
  • Slows down the stomach emptying time thereby slowing the absorption of sugars into the body.
  • Reduces total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels.

Insoluble Fiber

  • Speeds up gastric emptying time
  • Bulks up the contents of the stomach making you feel fuller for longer
  • Bulks up contents of the intestine promoting regularity in stool movements.

There are two main ways you can increase your daily fiber to gain all the above mentioned benefits. Firstly, fiber can be found in many fruits, vegetables, including the skins of fruits and vegetables, bran, oats, nuts, corn and so forth. Secondly, we can add extra fiber into our diet through fiber supplementation using products like psyllium husk. Fiber supplementation benefits everyone regardless of whether they already follow a healthy diet or not.

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