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Healthy bodies have healthy minds. A Healthy digestive system can ward off digestive disorders like constipation, diarrhea,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, bowel disorders and even haemorriods. It ensures proper absorption and distribution of food elements and hence keeps the body healthy. Moreover, regular intake of fiber is important to keep a healthy digestive system. It is a beneficial practice therefore to take regular intake of fiber in diet. Sources of fiberVegetables and fruits are replete with fiber. Green leafy vegetables and pineapples are especially a rich source of fiber. According to recent studies, the richest dietary fiber source can be Psyllium husk. One third cup of psyllium husk has 71 Gms of fiber while there is only 5 Gms fiber,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, obtained from any other fibrous sources, of the same cup. Origin of psyllium huskPsyllium husk is derived from a plant, Plantago Psyllium,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, found mainly in the Middle East. The husks are obtained as the cover of the seed of the plant.Intake and dosagePsyllium husks are taken in with a lot of water. The idea is that, as psyllium husk moves through the digestive tract it absorbs water from the surrounding cells. This makes the husks spongier and the bowel more bulky, which can then have easy passage across the digestive tract. Taking a glass full of psyllium husk in water a day,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, will unfortunately not help the process. 8-9 glasses of water should be drunk additionally for the husks to be effective.BenefitsThe digestive benefits psyllium husk help to achieve are innumerable. They help to attain regular bowel movements which in turn are beneficial to avoid constipation. Chronic constipation can also cause hemorrhoids in the predisposed. It keeps the digestive system healthy and prevents the occurrence of disease. A healthy digestive system on the other hand keeps the body healthy by providing good absorption and distribution of all the trace elements, minerals, and other content in the bolus to the body. Psyllium husk is also beneficial for heart patients and for those with high blood pressure. It is proven to decrease the level of cholesterol in the body by as much as 7%. This is due to the fact that bad cholesterol is not absorbed in the intestine in the presence of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber being the largest in psyllium husk, it is irrefutable that psyllium husk can favor cholesterol loss more than any other fiber source.Another amazing benefit of psyllium husk is promoting weight loss. Studies have shown that it is indeed a candidate to be used as a weight management supplement. The greater the content of fiber in the intestine the less amount of fat is absorbed. So even after eating fatty foods to an extent one may still be thin!Benefits from a healthy diet with regular intake of husk have only illuminated the importance of Psyllium husk in our daily life.  To optimize regular function, to promote health, prevent disease, decrease illness is only to promote life and happiness. Thus, they are the gifts of life from psyllium husk.