Who has the upper hand in the "good flora" and "bad flora" in the intestine depends on whether the food we usually eat gets rich nutrition from "good flora" or "bad flora".
For example, eating high-fat and high-sugar food for a long time is to feed the "bad flora" in the intestinal flora, and the flora balance is broken, making it easier for the energy absorbed in food to be converted into fat.
For most "good flora", adequate dietary fiber is the key to their normal function.
Dietary fiber is beneficial to intestinal health, keeping the human intestinal tract unobstructed, expelling toxin and relaxing bowels, removing fat and caring skin, maintaining skin health and promoting the proliferation of "good flora".
Called "the seventh nutrient" by modern nutritionists, the other six nutrient elements are protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals and water.
Dietary fiber is mainly divided into two categories:
① What can be dissolved in water is called "water-soluble dietary fiber".
This dietary fiber is rich in some common foods, such as barley and oats.
② There is also an insoluble dietary fiber called "water insoluble dietary fiber".
This dietary fiber mainly exists in vegetables, fruits and coarse grains.
It is suggested that these two dietary fibers be eaten in moderation, and the effect will be better.
1. Do you want to eat dietary fiber products?
There are various dietary fiber products on the market now.
It mainly includes dietary fiber tablets, dietary fiber meal replacement powder, dietary fiber biscuits, dietary fiber capsules, dietary fiber drinks, etc.
From a health point of view, I don't recommend eating these dietary fiber products.
Food will lose a lot of nutrients in the process of processing, and the more processing times, the less nutritional content.
2. How to choose dietary fiber food?
Since we don't choose processed products, how to choose natural foods rich in dietary fiber?
In fact, foods rich in dietary fiber are around us. All these foods have one thing in common, that is, the taste is a little rough.
Common foods rich in dietary fiber:
(1) coarse grains, such as whole wheat food, brown rice, millet, corn, sorghum rice, oats, etc.
(2) Starch vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, taro, potatoes and other potatoes that can be eaten as staple foods in moderation;
(3) beans, such as red beans, mung beans and soybeans, are good choices, and it is best to eat them with skin;
(4) Fungi and seaweed foods are also foods rich in dietary fiber, such as mushrooms, fungus and kelp.
These foods are not only beneficial to the health of our intestines, but also very good slimming foods, with the characteristics of high satiety, less calories, relieving constipation and preventing fat accumulation.