Fiber Facts

• Fiber promotes bowel regularity with an increased size and completeness in the feces.  With daily fiber in the diet, there is an decrease in the amount of time that the fecal matter is in the intestines.  Which improves health, helps prevent and decrease the risk of colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome,  hemorrhoids, obesity and constipation. 
• Soluble Fiber that is found in oat bran and barley help reduce blood cholesterol levels and reduce blood sugar levels.
• Insoluble Fiber that is found in wheat bran and legumes require extra chewing in order to utilize adequate biochemical health benefits.
• Too much daily Fiber or an intake of over 50 grams a day may cause a fluid imbalance, dehydration or intestinal obstruction in some people.  An excessive increase in Fiber maybe approached gradually and with an increase of water intake.

My 5 Interesting Facts about Protein

1.  The word Protein is an ancient Greek word that means "greatest importance" and in the Encyclopedia of Healing Foods book it says the Greek word means "primary".  Webster's Dictionary reminds us that protein is "occurring in all living matter and essential to diet."  This is nothing new, just interesting to help promote protein with an "aha" moment in a debate I had about what the human body can live with or without.

2.  Proteins are small molecules that are the amino acids that are necessary to sustain life.  I have found some contradicting information on the number of amino acids that the body can manufacture, the non-essential amino acids, which has been between 9-14.  The other 10, which are called "essential amino acids", must be obtained from a person's nutritional diet.

3.  Some of what the amino acids help in is proper development of cell tissue, muscle tissue, repairing damaged tissue, defending the body against illness and disease, regulates hormones, healing wounds, carrying nutrients and enzymes and  maintaining the body's optimal health.  Therefore consuming the healthiest, top quality, organic nutrients on a daily basis will help insure the best quality of health for your body.

4.  Proteins makeup about 1/2 of the non-water portion of the human body.

5.  The more active a lifestyle a person has, the faster the proteins will breakdown in the body.  The faster the proteins breakdown, the more an active person needs to consume more protein back into their body because proteins are not stored in the body like fat is.