Eat Minimally Processed Foods as Little as Possible

Whole organic fresh fruits are better than skinned, jarred fruit. Raw nuts are better than roasted. Whole grains (barley, quinoa, wild rice, and oats) are better than products made from flour (such as breakfast cereals), even if some of the flour is whole grain flour. This is because most processed foods made from flour (bread, cereals, crackers, and so on) contain a mixture of refined and whole grain flour. If you check the ingredients labels, you’ll see that nearly all of these supposedly whole grain foods are much lower in fiber than you may realize.