The Critical Role of Dietary Fiber
The recognition of the importance of dietary fiber, like that found in
Super Seed, has grown in prominence since as early as 1860. The advent of the technology for refining sugar was soon followed by the development of improved milling methods which began removing the fiber from flour. Prosperous, more industrialized countries were predominantly
the beneficiaries of these new wonder foods.
Simultaneously, the populations
of these countries began suffering en masse with digestive and bowel
disorders. In the last 50 years, the prevalence of these and multiple
related disorders have reached a critical peak. Foodstuffs have become
so de-natured that they are almost unrecognizable from their whole, original
state. Current statistics raise concerns regarding a diet lacking in dietary
fiber:
- Up to 100 million Americans suffer from various forms of digestive
diseases with an estimated total in lost wages and medical costs of
over $50 billion per year. Approximately 200,000 people miss work every
day due to these disorders.
- Health statistics show that more Americans are hospitalized with digestive
tract disorders than any other group of diseases. These medical costs
tower at more than $20 billion per year.
- The annual sales of prescription and over the counter drug products
for digestion related maladies has grown to $2.5 billion per year, increasing
at a steady rate of 10% over the last decade, contributing substantially
to our overall health care costs. These include laxatives, antacids,
anti-hemorrhoidal and anti-diarrheal preparations.
Why is Fiber Important?
Choosing to supply your body with adequate dietary fiber on a daily basis is
an important co-factor in bowel and colon health and consequently overall health.
The following are some of the many essential functions that dietary fiber performs
in the body:
- Reduces risk of colon cancer
- Assists in the excretion of cholesterol and triglycerides out of the body
- Stimulates pancreatic enzyme activity
- Stabilizes blood glucose levels by slowing the conversion of
carbohydrates into sugar thereby creating a physical barrier between
carbohydrates and the digestive enzymes that break them down
- Aids in weight loss by providing a feeling of fullness
- Reduces calorie absorption
- May ease Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
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- Enhances the absorption of bile acids and salts
- May aid in the prevention of some metabolic diseases
- Acts to improve conditions like sluggish bowel and constipation
- May lower blood pressure, help decrease allergic response,
and provide relief in inflammatory conditions
- Important for the respiration of vital organs in transporting
oxygen into the blood stream, cells, tissue and organs
- Helps to maintain resilience and lubrication of the cells
by binding with protein and cholesterol to form living membranes
that hold body cells together
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Super Seed is an excellent source of dietary fiber and also provides
essential fatty acids required to maintain optimal health.
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