| Fiber and Your Brain There has been an increase in | | | | memo to your brain telling it that you have had |
| recent years of the numbers of people who | | | | enough to eat and that you are full. High-fiber foods |
| experience a variety of weaknesses in their bones | | | | also help moderate blood sugar levels by breaking |
| and brains. But new studies believe that if you follow | | | | down slowly. Fiber also assists in weight loss by |
| a healthy, high-fiber, diet it may stop the break down | | | | acting as a cleaner as it moves through your system. |
| of the brain and bones, and actually keep those parts | | | | When it is making its way through the digestive |
| of your body healthy into your later years. | | | | tract, it picks up extra calories that have not yet |
| Unfortunately the numbers of those who are | | | | been absorbed and are sitting around, then removes |
| suffering with the brain disease Alzheimer's is growing. | | | | them from your body through bowel movements. |
| Right now there are 4.5 million American's who have | | | | Bones and Fiber When it comes to the war against |
| it. Another 350,000 will find out this year that they | | | | weakening bones with old age, fiber may be a great |
| do as well. Even worse, some 60,000 will die from it. | | | | ally. Framingham Heart Study researchers in |
| At the rate the numbers are growing, there should | | | | Massachusetts conducted a long duration survey of |
| be over 13 million Americans suffering the mentally | | | | the effects of diet on bone health. Over the years, |
| debilitating effects of Alzheimer's by 2050. With that | | | | they discovered that the people surveyed who kept |
| frightening number in mind, what if someone told you | | | | their diets full of higher-fiber foods such as fruits, |
| there was a simple path to not being one of those | | | | vegetables, and beans had better bone health than |
| numbers, just by eating more fruits, vegetables, | | | | those who had less of these items in their diet. As |
| beans, grains and other fiber-rich foods. This is | | | | you consider that 30 million Americans have the |
| exactly what a group of scientists in Sweden are | | | | osteoporosis bone disease, you may wonder if fiber |
| saying. In their study they found that there are a | | | | can help you prevent being next. While various |
| number of things that may help determine who gets | | | | studies cannot guarantee that fiber is the catalyst to |
| Alzheimer's and dementia. They discovered that | | | | being healthy, it could be. They do believe that it is |
| regulating blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and | | | | most important that the fiber consumed is raw fiber |
| weight control might help people avoid getting these | | | | from fresh, non-processed foods. Processed foods |
| brain-related disorders are. High-fiber foods could be | | | | end up with a lower fiber level because of the |
| the key since they have the benefits of helping to | | | | processing. |
| regulate blood pressure and keeping good and bad | | | | Brandon H. Masters is a Health Enthusiast, Researcher |
| cholesterol levels in check. In addition, fiber may be a | | | | and Veteran of the Natural Products Industry. He is |
| friend to your weight loss plans. As you ingest fiber, | | | | passionate about educating others on the benefits of |
| it sends a message to your body release CCK | | | | wellness solutions through better nutrition and |
| hormone (cholecystokinin). This hormone sends a | | | | detoxification. |