Fruits and vegetables are 2 types of food are the most fiber. But do not rely on fruit alone to meet the needs of fiber, to give more servings of vegetables because vegetables are the best sources of fiber.
Within a day, people ideally need as much as 20-25 grams of fiber intake. Medium-sized apple that is eaten with the skin on average is able to provide up to 3.8 grams of fiber or more than 20 percent of daily fiber needs.
This means that with 5 apples only, actual daily fiber requirement can be met. But nutrition experts from Karawaci Siloam Hospital, Dr. Endang Darmoutomo, MS, SpGK suggested should not all met the needs of fiber from fruits.
"In plants, the fruit is a place to store excess energy. If humans store excess energy as fat, vegetable store in the form of sugar," said Dr. Endang press conference "3 Ring Pfizer Cholesterol Care" in Senayan City.
If needs be met entirely of fiber from fruits, then not only fiber but also the sugar obtained. The problem is, humans also get sugar in the form of carbohydrates and other sugars in foods and beverages.
Excess sugar if not balanced with physical activity will lead to increased levels in the blood and trigger risk of hyperglycemia in diabetics. Excessive sugar will also lead to obesity because the excess energy in the body is converted into fat.
Another case when the requirement is also fulfilled through the vegetable fibers are not as much sugar in fruits. A total of whatever vegetables are eaten, the effect is only satiety but does not make fat because fiber will not be digested by the body.
Dr. Endang Prompts for emphasis on eating vegetables is not intended to limit the eating of fruit, because after all there are other content is needed such as vitamins. Only for the affairs of the fiber, Dr. Endang asserted that vegetables should be given more servings of fruit.
