WEEK 5!!

Another week of options...

Eat recommended Fiber daily or/and Eat a Natural Vegan diet


Benefits of a high fiber diet:

• Normalizes bowel movements
• Lowers blood cholesterol levels
• helps control blood sugar levels
• aids in weight loss

How much fiber should we be getting??

Men around 38 grams
Woman around 25 grams

Foods that contain a lot of fiber:

• grains and whole grain products
• fruits
• vegetables
• nuts and seeds
• beans, peas and other legumes

*** Be careful. When we up our fiber too quickly we can have abdominal pain so DRINK DRINK DRINK WATER! Fiber works best when it has water to absorb in.***

ALL NATURAL VEGAN DIET
A person who doesn't eat meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, or dairy. They usually avoid honey and other foods processed by animal products.

Benefits of eating an all natural vegan diet:

• prevent and reverse heart disease
• prevent cancers
• regulate hormone imbalances
• helps with arthritis
• weapon for type 2 diabetes
  
• weight loss

What can you eat while a vegan?? Everything that wasn't listed above! :)

Good luck guys!!