How Fiber helps the body

There’s no shortage of research showing how fiber may boost your health. Some of its top potential benefits include:
Blood sugar control:
Soluble fiber may help to slow your body’s breakdown of carbohydrates and the absorption of sugar, helping with blood sugar control.
- Heart health:
An inverse association
has been found between fiber intake
and heart attack, and research shows
that those eating a high-fiber diet
have a 40 percent lower risk of heart
disease.
- Stroke:
Researchers have found that for every seven-grams more fiber you consume on a daily basis, your stroke risk is decreased by 7 percent.
- Weight loss and management: Fiber supplements have been shown to enhance weight loss among obese
people, because fiber increases feelings of fullness.
- Skin health:
Fiber, particularly psyllium husk, may help move yeast and fungus out of your body, preventing them from being excreted through your skin where they could trigger acne or rashes.
- Diverticulitis:
Dietary fiber (especially insoluble) may reduce your risk of diverticulitis – an inflammation of polyps in your intestine – by 40 percent.
- Hemorrhoids:
A high-fiber diet may lower your risk of hemorrhoids. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): Fiber may provide some relief from IBS.
- Gallstones and kidney stones:
A high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of gallstones and kidney stones, likely because of its ability to help regulate blood sugar.