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Fiber Resources

Below are top resources on SparkPeople for Fiber.

Delicious Ways to Boost Fiber Intake

Fiber is one of the easiest nutrients to incorporate into your diet, and one of the most important. However, many Americans don’t get the much needed 25 to 30 grams recommended daily for a healthy diet. Insufficient fiber intake can increase yo...  Read more

Eating with Diabetes: Counting ''Net'' Carbs

Since low carbohydrate diets became popular, the phrase "net carbs" has become a fairly regular fixture on the labels of food products. But, if you are not familiar with the term you may be wondering what in the world it means! There a...  Read more

Our Best Summer Recipes!

Don't let summer parties and cookouts derail your plans to eat healthier! You can keep the flavor and cut the excess calories by trying one of SparkPeople's healthy summer recipes. Check out our top-rated and editor's choice recipes...  Read more

Our Best Halloween Party Recipes

Party food. The phrase alone is enough to induce fear and panic in anyone who is trying to eat healthier. But a Halloween-themed party menu, often dominated by candies, cakes and sugar, is extra scary! Don't fear Halloween parties this year!...  Read more

The 22 Healthiest Fast Foods

Your fridge is stocked with fresh produce, lean meats and low fat dairy products, there’s a whole grain baguette in the bread box, and your pantry has been purged of tempting junk foods. Eating healthy at home is a breeze. But when you&rsq...  Read more

adding fiber??
Updated 5/22/2013 11:11:05 AM

When I look at the stats for the recipes I have been wondering if adding some sort of fiber powder is possible to amp up the stats for the fiber count? Thanks ...  Read more

skinny fiber....
Updated 5/20/2013 1:18:51 PM

I'm thinking about trying skinny fiber. Is there anyone out there that has tried it? Does it really work? I'm hungry all the time and feel like I'm never full. SF is supposed to help you feel full, so I'd like to try it, but I don't want to spend tha...  Read more

High Fiber
Updated 5/19/2013 1:57:22 AM

Okay, So Eat high Fiber, and protien However I am still Have problems being regular. I have horrible gas 29 . I hate to take anything to help me regulate because the doctor said drink plenty of water and eat high fiber. HELP...This has been going o...  Read more

Skinny fiber?
Updated 5/12/2013 11:51:11 AM

any1 try this? if so did it work...  Read more

Fiber Supplements
Updated 5/8/2013 11:02:07 AM

I have been tracking my fiber for over a year and consistantly fall short of the 25 grams recommended. I usually fall into the 15 to 20 range. I know natural fiber is best but it's just not happening. Is it time to take a fiber supplement? Do you...  Read more

adding fiber

To add fiber I add Fiber One cereal to my regular cereal or my yogurt...  Read more

Need Some Extra fiber?

To boost fiber intake, try fiber gummies! They have 1g more fiber than powdered mixes, and are a treat-y way to take fiber. Stroehmann's also makes a double-fiber bread, which packs in 50% of your daily fiber in 2 slices!...  Read more

Spin Me A Yarn

If you want to have fun, this is the team. We have threads on yarn & spinning. Also on the animals we get fiber from-llamas, goats, sheep & dogs. This team is for anyone who wants daily interaction....  Read more

Fiber: Perhaps Not as Simple as You Thought

Since the early 1950's when the term was first coined, dietary fiber has been known as a type of carbohydrate from plant foods that is not digested or absorbed. They are talked about many times based on their two different types, soluble and insolubl...  Read more

We Tried It: Pasta with 20 Grams of Fiber!

In honor of National Noodle Day, we're bringing you a review of some noodles you might not have seen on your supermarket shelves. Let me first reveal three personal facts about myself: I'm incredibly skeptical, I'm mildly obsessed with fiber intake,...  Read more

Fiber, Fiber, Fiber where are you Fiber?!

Ok so I know I should eat more 210 370 371 267 but I don't like them very well. I have been trying to find ways to hide them in the foods I do like. I am trying a new chicken and dumplings recipe tomorrow that calls for mixed veggies in it. M...  Read more

Fiber - Fiber - Fiber ### I am up to my ears in fiber ### And Soy

Maintaining an intake of 25 to 35 mg of Fiber per day is suppose to help control cholesterol. One of my medical issues is cholesterol. I am to get my next blood level in the middle of December. I can not take staton drugs due to the unwanted side...  Read more