Get the most out of your Healthy Choices with Better Digestion

To help your body’s ability to absorb nutrients and eliminate waste, a well functioning digestive system is an important step to healthy living. For weight loss it is imperative for digestion to working well to rid the body of all waste. And a key to keeping things moving is fiber.

Dietary Fiber includes all parts of plant foods that your body can't digest or absorb. Fiber isn't digested by your body. Therefore, it passes virtually unchanged through your stomach and small intestine and into your colon.

There are two types of dietary fiber and they are both important.
o Insoluble fiber promotes the movement of material through your digestive system and increases stool bulk. Whole-wheat flour, wheat bran, nuts and many vegetables are good sources of insoluble fiber.
o Soluble fiber dissolves in water to form a gel-like material. It can help lower blood cholesterol and glucose levels. You can find soluble fiber in oats, peas, beans, apples, citrus fruits, carrots, barley.

A high-fiber diet has many benefits, which include:
- Prevents constipation.
- Lowers your risk of digestive conditions.
- Lowers blood cholesterol levels.
- Controls blood sugar levels.
- Controls appetite
- Aids in weight loss.

How much fiber do you need each day? The National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, which provides science-based advice on matters of medicine and health, gives the following daily recommendations for adults: Women, 50 and younger need at least 25 grams of fiber a day, if older than 50, that drops to 21 grams. Men on the other hand, need more than women! Men aged 40 and younger need at least 38 grams of fiber a day. If over 50, then this drops to 30 grams.

Your best fiber choices are: Grains and whole-grain products, Fruits, Vegetables, Beans, peas and other legumes. Or you can increase your fiber intake with Arbonne’s Fiber Booster … 12 grams of both soluble and insoluble fiber per scoop – half your daily requirements. This is odorless, tasteless, and gritless. And it can be added to hot or cold liquids and all food.

There are two other things that can aid in improving your digestion that I’d like to mention here.

Digestive Enzymes – these are necessary to breakdown your food. The amount of enzymes your body naturally produces actually diminishes as you age so supplementing supports you body. Arbonne can help here. One of the capsules in Arbonne’s Hybrid supplements is a broad spectrum complex to assist the body to digest carbohydrates, fats, proteins, lactose and other dietary components. And I love it that all our other Hybrid supplements are coated in Digestive Enzymes to help you digest them as well.

And Last but Not Least – Let me mention our Herbal Colon Cleanse. This is a robust blend of cleansing and detoxifying herbs plus beneficial microflora to support colon health, aiding in digestion and regular elimination as well. This is NOT a laxative, instead it's a supplement to help your body work naturally to eliminate waste and toxins.

Hope this entry was easy to digest! :-D

Love - Gerri