Unhealthy weight gain is the result of poor food habits. But you can also use food to lose weight. Here are the benefits of fiber foods and can also help you lose weight.

 •Dietary fiber-rich foods swell up in your stomach and reduce the feeling of hunger.

 •Fibers are capable of binding toxins, cholesterol and bile salts, and help the body to get rid of them.

 •Foods which contain a huge amount of dietary fibers can slow down the digestion of carbohydrates in your intestines.

 •When soluble fibre is consumed, it gets dissolved in water and transforms into gel. This gel reduces and binds fats to lower cholesterol. Soluble fibre is also beneficial, as it slows down the absorption of sugar, which can help manage and prevent diabetes mellitus.

•Dietary fibre not only protects our intestines but also insulates them from cancer by transporting antioxidants to the large intestine.

•Fibre binds up to 80 per cent of cancer-inhibiting antioxidant polyphenols in fruit and vegetables, thereby protecting the antioxidants from early digestion in the stomach and small intestine, the study found.

•Anneline Padayachee at the University of Queensland and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation found that fibre acts as an antioxidant trafficker by safely transporting antioxidant nutrients to the colon where they provide protection against cancers like colon cancer.

•Antioxidants are substances that may protect your cells against the effects of free radicals — molecules produced when your body breaks down food. They can damage cells, and may play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases.