What Does Fiber Do Beyond Digestion?

Fiber is a secret weapon for your digestive happiness. Zero calories yet filling, with its own superpowers, there’s nothing quite like it. Here are the top three benefits about fiber:

Regularity*

Perhaps the best-known benefit of fiber is its ability to help promote normal, healthy and comfortable bowel movements.* We know: No one wants to think about it, but adding bulk and volume to stool with insoluble fiber promotes ease when nature calls.

Eating patterns that are high in certain fibers can promote bowel regularity and other aspects of GI health.*

Hunger and satiety*

Fiber is filling but has no calories, so it promotes a feeling of satiety or fullness. This can help support your overall diet and manage hunger throughout the day.* Think of fiber as pumping the brakes after you eat, so that you feel fuller for longer.

Some studies show that fiber can help boost satiety hormones that keep you feeling full, like cholecystokinin, while helping lower levels of hunger hormones like ghrelin.

Prebiotic support

Prebiotic fiber delivers the food that probiotics need to maintain a healthy balance of beneficial flora in the gut.* This helps give your digestion a boost.*

Beyond digestion, consuming adequate amounts of fiber can help support mood, heart health, gut health and more.*

So why do so many people fall short on fiber?