Dietary fiber helps boost energy levels by affecting your digestion, hormones, and how full you feel after eating. While fiber doesn't provide energy in the same way that fats and glucose do, it plays a critical role in how steadily your body releases and utilizes it.

1. Helps Promote Satiety

Fiber promotes prolonged satiety, the feeling of being satisfied and full after eating. This helps reduce hunger cues and makes you less likely to snack on quick, high-sugar foods that tend to cause energy fluctuations.

Fiber promotes satiety in the following ways:

Gastric distension : High-fiber foods occupy more space in your stomach.

Delayed gastric emptying : Fiber slows how fast food leaves your stomach and moves into the intestines.

Increased amounts of unabsorbed nutrients reaching th

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