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Foods For Life's sprouted grain bread products include crucial types of dietary fiber.
Not all fiber is created equal.
There are two types of fiber – soluble and insoluble – both of which we need in our daily diets and serve a very important function in the body.
Soluble fiber is "water soluble" and is absorbed into the blood stream. Soluble fiber serves a vital function as it works within the body at the cellular level. Soluble fiber includes pectin, gums and mucilage, which are found primarily in plant cells. Good sources including beans, (soy, lentils), fruits, vegetables, oat bran, barley, seeds (such as flax and psyllium). Soluble fiber can help lower blood cholesterol levels and also acts in cleaning the blood by acting as a vehicle to rid the body of contaminants.
Insoluble fiber is the indigestible parts or compounds of plants that pass relatively unchanged through our stomach and intestines. Fiber keeps the digestive system healthy, helping lower cholesterol and prevents colon disease. Wheat bran, corn bran, rice bran, the skins of fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, dried beans and whole grain foods are excellent sources of insoluble fiber. Insoluble fiber slows the absorption of carbohydrates in the body as well as keeps you feeling satisfied longer, eliminating the need to snack. Insoluble fiber tends to speed up the transit speed of food through the body and cleans the gastrointestinal acting as a "scouring pad" to eliminate harmful food stuffs through the GI tract and helps prevent constipation.
Food For Life's Ezekiel 4:9® Bread and Genesis 1:29® Bread contain both soluble and insoluble fiber. The use of organic sprouted grains, wheat, soybeans, lentils, and seeds provides the fiber. This also gives Ezekiel and Genesis Bread a more substantial feel and flavorful, grainy composition.
Most commercial baked goods are made with flour which has had the bran and germ removed. Along with beneficial oils and vitamins, much of the fiber goes with bran and germ. Food For Life's Ezekiel 4:9® Bread and Genesis 1:29® Bread retains the oils and vitamins because we use organic bran and germ.
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