Fiber and Healthy Aging

If you eat plenty of vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and legumes, then you may consume the recommended 22 grams of fiber per day for women age 51+ and 28 grams per day for men age 51+. However, the average American consumes only 17 grams of fiber per day, and only 5% of the population consumes the recommended amount of fiber on a regular basis.

Fiber is the part of plant foods that our body do...