What is Insoluble Fiber?

Insoluble fiber helps your stomach by helping to push through fecal matter and other material in your digestive tract.

What other material you might ask? You never know, I included that just in case... ;)

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Insoluble fiber doesn't dissolve in water like soluble fiber does, instead it holds water creating bulkier and softer stools.

The reason it cannot be digested by the human body is because we lack the enzyme to break the components down.

Insoluble fiber contains three components:

Cellulose
Hemicellulose
Lignin

Here is a list food sources that contain insoluble fiber:

Bran
Nuts
Seeds
Popcorn
Fruit skins
Brown rice
Potato skins
Whole-grain products
Most vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables.

There are many benefits to eating a healthy amount of insoluble fiber and dietary fiber in general, some of them are:

Alleviates constipation ¹
Reduces appetite ²
Promotes regular bowel movements through faster transit time³
Relieves symptoms and bleeding in symptomatic hemorrhoids ⁴

And a lot more, the bottom line is that it is good for you and you should eat it!

References

1: Alleviation of constipation in the elderly by dietary fiber supplementation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1980 Sep;28(9):410-4.
2: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 86, No. 4, 972-979, October 2007
3: British Journal of Nutrition (1981), 45:77-82 Cambridge University Press
4: Fiber for the Treatment of Hemorrhoids Complications. The American Journal of Gastroenterology (2006) 101, 181–188;

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