3 Ways to Sneak Fiber in your Diet ~ 5 Easy Ways to Save Money on Groceries
5 Ways to Save Money on Groceries

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

3 Ways to Sneak Fiber in your Diet


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As we discussed in the previous post 3 Benefits of putting Fiber in your Diet, our diet is heart healthy and helps up maintain our weight by keeping us full.

About a year ago, I started looking into ways I can maintain a healthy weight and train myself to eat healthy even on the go. This being said I discovered ways to incorporate fiber into my diet in healthy and convenient ways.







Here are the 3 Ways I Sneak Fiber into my diet:




  1. Legumes - All beans are an excellent source of fiber. However, most beans take a long time to cook except legumes. Legumes generally cook in 20 minutes and still offer the same high fiber content which is expected of beans. My favorite legumes are the lentil beans. I put them in dishes which are not traditionally fiber filled such as spaghetti, baked ziti, lasagna, etc. You won't even notice they are there because they take on the flavor of the sauce and meat.


  2. Apples - I like apples because generally they are inexpensive and easy to carry on the go so there is not excuse for not having a dose of fiber on the go.


  3. Nuts - Nuts can have the wrong types of fats so you have to be careful with them. You can incur unwanted weight gain. Generally speaking the healthy nuts which are good for you are walnuts and almonds. A handful for a snack is filling and nutritious.









These healthy high fiber foods are generally inexpensive especially if you shop at a wholesale club and always remember to watch your portions.

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1 comment:

David said...

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