Are you trying to lose weight? Or having any constipation problems? Here are five pocket-friendly fiber foods that can help you lose weight.
How does this diet work?
A high-fiber diet has wonderful benefits, one of these is weight loss. Fiber helps limit your hunger by adding bulk that gives you a feeling of fullness after consuming a meal without adding calories or increasing your blood sugar level.
Fibrous foods need more chewing adds to the benefits of making you feel fuller and more content with your meal.
Five easily available and pocket-friendly high fiber foods:
- Oatmeal
- Beans
- Chia Seeds
- Lentils
- Flax Seeds
Oatmeal
A good breakfast is important for speeding up your metabolism, and oats can help you to improve your metabolism. Oats are the best food to start your day with if you’re trying to lose weight. You could have oatmeal with milk and add your favorite fruits. Also, please note that half (1/2) a cup of oatmeal constitutes 4 grams of fiber.
Beans
Kidney beans and black beans, apart from helping using weight loss also assist in improving gut and heart health. These beans also contain a very essential nutrient known as folate, a deficiency of which could cause weakness, fatigue, heart palpitations, and irritability.
Chia seeds
Chia seeds are superb in reducing belly fat and are undoubtedly one of the best high-fiber foods. You could sprinkle the small chia seeds on your morning oats or your day time smoothie, or even make a chia seed pudding. Do you know that just two tablespoons of these seeds give almost 11 grams of fiber?
Lentils
Lentils, ‘daal’ are a go-to food for lunch and dinner. The best part about lentils is their easy availability and consumption in almost every house of Pakistan. About ½ a cup adds about 8 grams of fiber. You could even use lentils in salads or soups.
Flax seeds
Flax seeds have high protein content which helps suppress your hunger and have low calories. The benefits of these seeds include cholesterol control, constipation relief and skincare.
NOTE: Go slow with this change and increase your fiber intake gradually over a couple of days for a healthy digestive system and a balanced diet.
