About Dietary Fiber

Function

  • Slow a passage of food through the intestinal tract and delays or inhibits absorption of glucose and cholesterol

Selected foods on the list are high or realtively high in fiber

Almonds

Artichokes

Asian pears

Barley

Black beans

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Buckwheat flour

Bulgur

Carrot

Chestnuts

Chickpeas (Garbanzo)

Collards Cowpeas (Blackeyes)

 

Dates

Green peas

Iceberg lettuce

Kidney beans

Lentil

Lima beans

Macadamia nuts

Navy beans

Oat bran

Okura

Peanuts

Pistachio nuts

Prunes

Pumpkin

Raisins

Raspberries

Seaweed

Sesame seeds

Soybeans

Spinach

Split peas

Sweet potatoes

Tomato products

Turnip greens

White beans

Whole-wheat flour

Winter squash

 

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