Fiber helps to reduce the risk of colon cancer, obesity and diabetes. Let us tell you how fiber works in your stomach.
Fiber does not digest easily and thus it does not provide lots of calories. Fiber-rich food moves slowly through your small intestine which makes you feel full faster and longer as well as reduce your cravings for food. Below are the impact:
feeling full reduces your cravings for processed meat. Eating less processed meat may reduce your risk of colon cancer;
satiety lasts longer, which makes you resist from cravings for unhealthy snacks and combat obesity;
fiber-rich food delay the absorption of sugar, lowering the spike of after meal blood sugar, which prevents insulin resistance and diabetes.