Sentences with phrase «acts like fiber»

In fact, potatoes are a rich source of Resistant Starch, which acts like fiber and helps you feel fuller longer.

In addition to its gluten - free status, it also contains a resistant starch, which is a type of carbohydrate that acts like fiber.

A starch that acts like fiber, RS is one of the most potent prebiotic substances around.

This type of starch is resistant to digestion and acts like fiber in the human digestive tract.

HMOs in breastmilk act like fiber.

Not exact matches

The idea for Saildrone's design, a hard carbon - fiber sail that looks and acts like an aircraft wing, came from Jenkins's past as a land - yacht racer.

Insoluble fiber is found in fruits and veggies and acts like a broom to sweep feces and toxins out through the bowels.

The insoluble fiber works like roughage, while the soluble fiber (pectin), which is found primarily in the skin, acts as a stool softener by drawing water into the stool and increasing stool bulk.

The brain's white matter is composed of millions of nerve fibers called axons that act like communication cables connecting various regions of the brain.

When assembled, however, these fibers then act like ferries, trapping and shuttling HIV virus particles to target cells.

In mice engineered without a muscle - building gene called IL - 15R - alpha, fast - twitch muscles in their front legs acted more like slow - twitch fibers.

These fibers act like hoops around a barrel, holding the cell in a cylindrical shape as it expands.

And they tested the technology on a tiny slice of an adult mouse's neocortex, gaining new insights into the complex relationship between axons (nerve fibers) and dendrites (branches on neurons that act kind of like electric input sockets).

A long fiber called the axon extends from the cell body and is coated with a protective sheath called myelin, which acts like insulation on a wire, protecting the axon and facilitating sending and receiving electrical signals.

Fiber acts like a scrub brush in your body and cleans you out.

It's a carb that acts more like a fiber.

In addition, it may act like a normal dietary fiber, bulking up stools and feeding our good gut bacteria.

This veggie - filled alternative swaps out saturated fat and added salt for more fiber and nutrients like vitamins A and K, potassium, and manganese, which acts as a great metabolism booster as you enjoy the holiday dishes to come.

If you opt for a smoothie, add a couple of scoops of protein powder to your fresh or frozen fruit; add healthy fat with a tablespoon or two of extra virgin coconut oil, half an avocado or some crushed walnuts — fat slows gastric emptying which helps the smoothie «stick to your ribs» longer; and consider sources of fiber like chia, hemp, or flax seeds — which also act to «time - release» the carbs in the smoothie.

Contrary to popular belief, fiber does not act like little brooms sweeping out your intestines.

The non-digestible food components like dietary fiber in pistachios act as a prebiotic, as they remain in the gut and function as food for naturally occurring bacteria.

The muscle fibers of our TA act like a corset as they wrap around our abdomen and pelvis instead of running up and down or at a diagonal like our other abdominal muscles.

Whole grains are rich in fiber, which gives bulk to the stool and also acts like a broom to help sweep waste out of the colon.

Fiber acts like a street sweeper for the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, removing bile acids and cholesterol as it passes through the intestines.

In the body, soluble fiber acts almost like a sponge or a scrub to pull cholesterol out of our body.

my understanding of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 % of my diet in the form of a few different colors of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find out if the potatoes are grown on soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the soil for a couple years... it can have any kind of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that soil is then full of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots of sweet pots grown on clean soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet pots inhibits the absorption of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....

In addition, fibers act like a «natural broom» in the stomach and intestines that sweep away toxins and helps eliminate * these out of the body.

Because the fibers of the front deltoid originate alongside the fibers of the upper pectoralis major, the two muscles act like conjoined twins on chest presses.

Insoluble fiber is found in fruits and veggies and acts like a broom to sweep feces and toxins out through the bowels.

Like other soluble fiber, pectin also acts as a powerful broom, helping to sweep toxins and waste from your digestive tract.

Lignans are unique fiber - related polyphenols that provide us with antioxidant benefits, fiber - like benefits, and also act as phytoestrogens.

Although fruits, dairy, and vegetables are technically made of simple carbohydrates, they contain protein, fiber, and other nutrients which cause them to act like complex carbohydrates in the body.

But that orange also supplies fluid, 12 % of your daily fiber, nearly 100 % of your vitamin C needs, B vitamins, potassium, and compounds like herperidin — which has been shown to help lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and act as an anti-inflammatory.

Resistant starch does not appear to provide the cholesterol - lowering effects of viscous fiber, but rather acts more like nonviscous fiber (Jenkins et al., 1998).

The water content will keep your dog hydrated, and the dietary fiber (which soaks up water) will act like a natural laxative that sweeps out your dog's intestinal tract.

Cell division, a process more scientifically known as mitosis, requires microscopic protein fibers acting like structural cables to pull dividing cells apart.

It's like nature's Pepto - Bismol — it reduces GI inflammation and acts as a non-irritating source of fiber to bulk the stool and slow its transit through the GI tract.