Root vegetables

Sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, rutabagas, carrots, and potatoes are substantial and nutritious root vegetables. They're high in gut-healthy fiber, with 3-5 grams per serving. When it comes to tubers, remember that majority of their fiber is stored in the skin, so leave it on when eating them. Furthermore, boiled and cooled white potatoes contain resistant starch, a kind of carbohydrate that passes through your digestive tract undigested. It, like soluble fiber, aids in the feeding of your beneficial gut flora.

Because it relieves constipation, it may help with piles symptoms. Roasting, steaming, sautéing, or boiling root vegetables with their skin on is the best method to integrate them into your diet. They're also deliciously mashed, or chopped up and baked skin-on as a replacement for fries.