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Dietary fiber is well-known for its effects on heart health. A diet rich in fiber helps reduce blood levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, without reducing levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good" cholesterol.

Soluble fiber may also help regulate blood sugar in people with diabetes; and it aids in weight loss, both because it is filling and because it helps reduce the number of calories that your body absorbs after a meal.

In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found that women who raise their fiber intake from 12 grams per day to 24 …