Fiber Research SCI 241 WEEK 3 Checkpoint

The function of fiber in the body is to help eliminate waist. Dietary fiber bonds with fatty acids, bile, blood, and cholesterol turning it into waste.

Fiber does everything from making stool more bulky, to softening waste to making bowel movements, and it also moves cholesterol out of the body. By removing the waste it helps free up more room to allow better digestion which in turn gives you even more energy!

Some examples of food sources of dietary fiber are a combination of cooked and raw fruits. The most common of these (to me) Pinto beans, broccoli, spinach, zucchini, brown rice, all of these are cooked.

The raw foods are all fruits; apples, oranges, grapes. The list of raw also includes some oatmeal, corn flakes, whole wheat...