Foods High in Fibers

For the list of soluble fibers in foods, see Soluble Fiber Foods.

The following table gives the amount of dietary fibers in foods. You can select high fiber foods to make a high fiber diet. The foods containg more than 5g fiber in 100 g of food (or 1 serving) are listed in red color.

List of High Fiber Foods

The above list is very handy in selecting high fiber foods to increase fibers in diet.. From the above table, we give below a list of high fiber foods:

1. Legumes & Lentils: Dried beans, peas and other legumes including baked beans, kidney beans, split peas, dried limas, garbanzos, lentils, pinto beans and black beans. Green beans, snap beans, pole beans, lima beans and broad beans

2. Dried fruit such as figs, apricots and dates
3. Fruits like raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, cherries, plums, pears, apples, kiwi fruit, guava, banana
4. Vegetables like Fresh or frozen green peas, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Sweet corn, beet root, baked potato with the skin, carrot
5. Greens vegetables including spinach, beet greens, kale, collards, Swiss chard and turnip greens.
6. Nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, peanuts, and walnuts (Nuts are also high in fat content, read calories in nuts.)
7. Whole wheat and barley products
8. Rye, oats, buckwheat and cornmeal
9. Coconut (this is also high in saturated fat).

The fibers should be very important inclusion in your diet for controlling your cholesterol and preventing cancer. See warning signs of cancers.