Jordan Ring - The Fiber Guardians Favorite High Fiber Foods: A List of the Right Foods to Lose Weight, Feel Better, and Live Longer

The Fiber Guardians Favorite High Fiber Foods

A List of the Right Foods to Lose Weight, Feel Better, and Live Longer

Written by Jordan Ring

www.fiberguardian.com

Copyright 2016 Jordan Ring

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Table of Contents

Preface

Hello and welcome to my E-Book! It is my hope that you will be able to find some useful information that will be easily applicable to your life.

Furthermore; I hope that the tips, ideas, and suggestions I present will help you to:

-Lose weight

-Feel better

-Live longer

The idea of keeping it simple is a huge part of the Fiber Guardian mantra, so the main goal of this E-Book will be to teach you a few tips and tricks that you can utilize in your daily life to be able to accomplish your goals.

This is the first E-book I have ever written, but I enjoyed the process immensely. I want to personally thank you for reading as I could not do what I do without your ongoing support. For even more information on fiber, weight loss, fitness, and other topics, please check out my site at www.fiberguardian.com.

I do hope you enjoy reading!

-Jordan

Your Fiber Guardian

Introduction

This book will include 11 Fiber rich foods to implement into your diet NOW. These foods have all been featured on Fiber Focus Friday (One of the Fiber Guardian blog series). For each food you will learn about:

-The fiber content of each food

-The foods origins

-The health benefits of eating that particular high fiber food

-An awesome list of fun facts

-Deliciously easy recipes

It is my hope and belief that healthy eating is possible for everyone, and that eating healthy doesnt have to be miserable. There are so different foods out there, and choosing the right ones can indeed be easy!

Following the suggestions laid out in this book, and slowly adding these foods to your diet is a great way to start down the path of living a healthier life. Choose to start today, in order to begin reaping the benefits of a high fiber diet!

Chapter 1: The Amazing Apple

It is no secret that I love apples very much. Apples bring a smile to my face every time I bite into their succulent juiciness!

They are easy to eat as really quick snack, and you can carry one around in your pocket if you so desire, and only a few people will judge you for it!

Apples are indeed amazing, and I suggest you go get some right after you read this chapter.

Types of Apples:

Apples come in all kinds of different varieties. Over 100 types are sold in the US alone, but the most popular types are listed below. My personal favorite is the Gala, but the Honeycrisp apple is extremely popular right now!

-Red Delicious

-Gala

-McIntosh

-Golden Delicious

-Rome

-Granny Smith

-Braeburn

-Honeycrisp

-Cortland

-Idared

-Empire

-Jonagold

-Fuji

-Jonathan

-Ginger Gold

Fiber Content of Apples:

Your average apple has 4 grams of fiber. Of course, this will fluctuate depending on the apple size, but the fiber content does not change too much depending on the type of apple.

Eating one apple per day gives you a good percentage of your daily fiber requirements, and while it may not necessarily keep the doctor away forever, it will certainly help to keep your visits few and far between!

Health Benefits of Eating Apples:

Apples are very high in antioxidants. Antioxidants are disease fighting compounds that are found in a lot of different types of fruits.

-Detoxification of the liver.

-Immune system boost from red apples that contain quercetin.

-The polyphenols in apples can help to regulate spikes in blood sugar.

-Eating an apple before a big meal can reduce your calorie intake by 15%.

-Apples are excellent additions to your diet, but for best results eat the entire fruit. Slicing off the skin and eating just the juicy part is acceptable, but the BEST part of the apple is the skin. The skin contains all of the fiber and most of the other important nutrients. Eat the skin and win!

Where Do Apples Come From?

It might be obvious to some, but apples do indeed grow on trees! We have multiple apple orchards throughout the Unites States, and just about anyone can find apples in their local grocery store.

But where did apples come from? Apples make their appearance as early as the first man and woman in the Bible when they decided to eat the forbidden fruit. (The fruit may have actually been a pomegranate or a grape, but no one really knows for sure).

Regardless, apple trees have been around for a long time and are native to the Middle East and Central Asia. Now, within reason, apples trees can be grown all over the place if the right conditions are met! You can even grow one in your backyard if you have the patience and the foresight to wait out the 4-5 years it can take for the apple tree to bear its first fruits!

Fun Facts About Apples:

-7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world. Not all of these varieties are sold commercially, but still, that is a lot of different apples!

-The pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

-Pomology is the science of apple growing.

-Apples are a member of the rose family.

-It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.

-The top apple producing states are Washington, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California and Virginia.

-Granny smith apples are often used to cook with..

-Apple seeds contain a cyanide compound. This poison can be tolerated by humans in small doses, and is further protected by the seed on the apple. Just don't go around eating handfuls of apple seeds at a time and you will be perfectly safe.

-Keep your apples in the fridge to keep them tasting their best!

Ways to eat an Apple:

You can eat an apple all kinds of different ways such as slicing it, making it into a pie, or even just eating it normally... My favorite way is to just grab an apple out of the fridge and chow down!

Drinking apple juice is an okay way to get some of the benefits of the apple, but it normally contains so much added sugar that it isn't worth it. Added sugar is an enemy for any diet and should always be avoided when possible. The better way to go is make a delicious apple smoothie which will save all of the best parts of the apple, and you can control what else you put in it!

There are so many different ways to eat apples, so find a recipe that you love and make sure to eat apples regularly! See the following links below for some excellent apple recipes:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/articles/50-things-to-make-with-apples.html

http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/apple-recipes

http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2011/11/01/apple-recipe-round-up-bites-from-other-blogs/

Make it a purpose to add apples into your diet. They are abundant, manipulable, and most importantly awesome for your health!