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Rajma Salad Healthy Rajma Salad
There are two parts to it, soluble fibre which is sticky and dissolves in water and insoluble fibre which does not dissolve in water and goes through your stomach without being broken down.
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Oats Methi Muthia
57 Soluble Fibre Indian Foods:
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Oatmeal Almond Milk with Oranges, Healthy Breakfast
What is Soluble Fibre?
Think of Oats when you add water or milk to it. It gets sticky or gooey and that is what Soluble Fibre is.
Hence the soluble fibre attracts water and slows down digestion. Having soluble fibre which turns like a gel like substance in the intestines can reduce your bad cholesterol (LDL cholesterol).
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Healthy Oats Dosa
Getting your soluble fibre through foods results in you getting more nutrients from plant based foods versus taking supplements.
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Oats Khichdi
Oats, the power house of soluble fiber
There are so many healthy oats recipes to have. Oats khichdi far better than regular khichdi which is made of rice. Oats upma made with green peas is far healthier than rava upma.
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Oats Upma
Oats are a great way to start a healthy breakfast in the morning with oats almond milk with apples , healthy peanut butter with oatmeal and almond milk or oatmeal almond milk with oranges.
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Oatmeal Almond Milk with Apples, Healthy Vegan Breakfast
Barley is a must addition to your soluble fiber diet
We have used barley extensively in Indian cooking. From barley khichdi, barley and moong dal khichdi to barley idli to mysore barley dosa.
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Mysore Barley Dosa
Also mushroom barley soup is a great way to start your meal.
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Barley Idli
Soluble Fiber and Insoluble fibre:
A healthy diet should contain both Soluble Fiber and Insoluble Fiber. Total Fibre or Dietary Fibre is a combination of Soluble Fibre and Insoluble Fibre. The US recommended daily allowance (RDA) for Women (18 to 50) is 25 grams and 21 grams (51 years plus). US RDA for Men is 30 to 38 grams. The thumb rule is that for every 1,000 calories consumed you need 14 grams of fibre.
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Apple and Oats Milkshake
6 Benefits of Soluble Fiber
1. Reduces Cholesterol: Soluble fibre may reduce the absorption of cholesterol. Hence lowers total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (the Bad cholesterol) therefore reducing the risk of heart disease.
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Oats Apple Almond Milk Healthy Smoothie
2. Good for Diabetic: Regulate blood sugar for people with diabetes as it slows down the blood sugar release.
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Oats and Dates Kheer, Healthy Indian Dessert Without Sugar
3. Soluble Fibre helps in better absorption of nutrients.
4. They bind with fatty acids.
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Healthy Instant Oatmeal Recipe, Healthy Breakfast
5. Good for Weight Loss : Keeps you lean. As soluble fibre turns sticky when mixed with water, it delay stomach emptying time which hence makes you feel fuller and makes you then eat less.
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Oats Idli
6. Soluble fibre is great to treat diarrhoea and constipation.
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Antioxidant, Protein Rich Healthy Lunch Salad
Enjoy our Soluble Fiber Indian Foods, Soluble fibre Food List, Recipes and other fibre articles below.
Happy Cooking!
Insoluble Fiber Diet Recipes
High Fiber Recipes
High Fiber Recipes
High Fiber Breakfast
High Fiber Lunch
High Fiber Main Dish, Dinner
High Fiber Recipes for Constipation
High Fiber Recipes for Diabetes
High Fiber Recipes for Pregnancy
High Fiber Recipes for Weight Loss
High Fiber Salads
High Fiber Snacks
High Fiber to Lower Cholesterol
High Fiber Vegetable, Vegetarian
Insoluble Fiber Foods