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Post by The Mayor on Feb 17, 2006 10:11:31 GMT -5
[size=3 Are you getting the right type of fibre? [/size] All fibre is not the same. And, if you are part of the 10 to 20% of adults who have irritable bowel syndrome, it is especially important to know the difference. Soluble fibre slows the digestion of food, giving the body time to absorb nutrients. It prolongs the time food stays in the stomach, helping sugar to be released and absorbed more slowly into your systems. Insoluble fibre passes through your bodies largely intact, increasing the speed at which food moves through the stomach and intestines. Most of the foods people think of as high in fibre, such as whole wheat, bran products, and raw, leafy green vegetables, are actually high in insoluble fibre. Soluble fibre foods are those more commonly thought of as starches, like oatmeal, barley, rice cereals, corn meal, and potatoes. But soluble fibre is also found in carrots, yams, sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, squash, pumpkins, mushrooms, chestnuts, avocados, bananas, oranges, applesauce and mangos. Most physicians believe that eating foods rich in soluble fibre helps prevent symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and relieve them if they do occur. On the other hand, foods containing insoluble fibre seem to cause problems for those with gastrointestinal problems.
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