Keep Up On Your Fiber

Fiber has been studied and developed into multiple forms to help us suppress our appetites and moderate our food intake. Glucomannan is a fiber form that has even been studied specifically as an appetite suppressant to supplement healthy weight loss. Fiber in general stays in our stomachs longer and maintains a feeling of fullness we don't otherwise have. It also resists absorption by moving through the digestive tract more efficiently. With grains like white rice, they are absorbed so quickly that our body thinks it has excess energy available and should therefore start storing fat rather than burning it. Fiber regulates our blood sugar and so keeps our body from storing more fat than is necessary.