Full details on the Pyramid, Mediterranean, Asian and even Vegetarian Diets are available in the Diet Section under Patient Education. I can vouch for them as I worked with a registered dietitian putting them together. Fiber Fiber goes hand in hand with Healthy Eating and Losing Weight. You will have noticed that fibrous foods such as fruits and vegetables make up a large part of the Losing Weight and Healthy Eating food programs. Fiber, chemically, is a polysaccharide, a sugar-like substance.
Fiber comes in thousands of forms.
It is that part of the plant the human body cannot digest. Every vegetable and fruit has some fiber. That is why eating the whole fruit or vegetable is so much healthier than simply the juice which has just the calories, minerals and vitamins. It is important to know that there are two major types of fiber - insoluble and soluble . The insoluble fiber absorbs water thereby creates bulkier stools and helps to regulate the stool pattern.