One nutrient that you must make sure that you’re taking in on your fat loss diet plan is dietary fiber.  While it’s definitely a must that you ensure you’re taking in the right amount of calories on a daily basis and getting a good combination of healthy fats, lean proteins, and complex carbs, one cannot forget to factor in fiber.

While it’s a type of carbohydrate in itself, it’s a special type of carbohydrate that offers numerous benefits to the body.

Let’s have a look at how fiber is linked to fat loss and how to make the most of it with your diet plan.

What Is Fiber And How Much Do You Need?

The first thing that we should go over is what fiber is and how much you need to be eating. Fiber is a nutrient that provides ‘roughage’ to the body and helps pass through the digestive system, improving that system’s health while also slowing the transit time of the food you’re eating through the digestion process.

While fiber needs will vary depending on your gender, body weight, and calorie intake, most people should be aiming for 25-35 grams of fiber per day.

Those seeking fat loss results may want to aim for slightly higher than this because eating sufficient fiber can help to reduce the amount of hunger you feel. Just be sure to add fiber in slowly however as bumping up your intake too dramatically can cause some serious gastrointestinal distress.

The Types of Fiber

Another point to note is that there are two main types of fiber. The first type, soluble fiber, will help to improve your cardiovascular health, increase the digestion time of foods you’re eating, and help to stabilize blood glucose levels.

Insoluble fiber on the other hand will add bulk to your stools, will help improve the level of satiety you get from the meals you’re eating, and will pass through the body partially undigested.

This type of fiber is especially important for dieters as it will help you maintain less hunger over time.

The Best Sources Of Fiber For Fat Loss

So all of this said, which are the best sources of fiber to be including in your fat loss diet?

The best sources of fiber tend to be complex carbohydrates such as oatmeal, brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat, as well as sweet potatoes.

In addition to that, you can’t beat fruits and vegetables for their dietary fiber content.  These are the primary high-fiber foods to be adding to your diet and coincidentally they’re also the foods that are lowest in calories as well.

This makes them absolutely ideal as far as reaching your total daily calorie intake target is concerned.

So there you have the most important points to note about dietary fiber. It’s imperative that you have a good look over your fat loss plan and make sure you’re getting enough if you hope to see maximum fat loss progress.

Do you get your daily fiber? Through which foods?