Fibers, Vitamins & Daily Nutrition
Why do we need dietary fibres?
 Fibres improve the digestive flow and help prevent obesity and constipations. Fibres make the food pass quicker through the body and contribute to a healthy transit. Doctors and nutrition specialists recommend people of all ages to consume more dietary fibres.
What are dietary fibres?
Fibres are a part of a food substance that is not digested or absorbed by the body. Dietary Fibers are also commonly known as “roughage”. Fibres in themselves have no calories.
Health Benefits associated with fibres
 1. Fibres maintain health by cleaning the digestive system. When fibres are consumed the fibre, since it is not absorbed by the body, it travels through the intestines taking with it toxins which are then eliminated with the fibre in the form of stool.
2. Research has shown that Fibres reduce risks of numerous diseases and conditions, including colon cancer. Fibre removes the undigested food from the colon which minimizes the risk of that food turning into cancer-stimulating toxins.
3. Studies have shown that Fibre reduces cholesterol levels. When the fibre passes through the intestine it removes some bile acids found in the intestine. This causes the Gall bladder to secrete more bile acids which it takes out from the blood, hence in effect, lowering cholesterol.
4. Fibres contribute to reducing the glucose level and thereby the exposure to diabetes.
Dietary fibres and food transit
Fibres play a key role in achieving a healthy food transit. They help move food and digestive by-products efficiently through the colon and out of the body. A fibre rich diet prevents constipation and irregulaties.
How much fibre do I need?
The daily fibre does varies from individual to individual. Essentially, for a healthy lifestyle you need to have one stool removal every 24h. If that is not the case it is necessary to the daily fibre consumption.
How much fibres does food contain?
For a 100g the fibre (cellulose) content in food is as follows:
 | Apple: | 2.1g/100g |
| Banana: | 1.3g/100g |
| Peach: | 1.4g/100g |
| SANKOM Dietary Fibres: | 16g/100g |
More information available:
To learn more on fibres and nutrition as well as finding the right fibre diet that suits you we recommend reading the Swiss Diet Revolution: Fitness and Nutrition. |