Hi prego
The best liquid absorbing foods would also be high fiber foods as
fiber can absorb many times its weight in water. High-fiber foods
include bran, prunes, psyllium seed or hulls and other mucilaginous
herbs. Even the fiber in foods which already seem high in water
content such as cherries and raspberries can absorb additional water
in the intestine.
The top 20 fiber foods are:
1.
Dried beans, peas, and other legumes
This includes baked beans, kidney beans, split peas, dried limas,
garbanzos, pinto beans and black beans.
2.
Bran cereals
Topping this list are Bran Buds and All-Bran, but 100% Bran, Raisin
Bran, Most and Cracklin' Bran are also excellent sources.
3.
Fresh or frozen lima beans, both Fordhook and baby limas
4.
Fresh or frozen green peas
5.
Dried fruit, topped by figs, apricots and dates
6.
Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries
7.
Sweet corn, whether on the cob or cut off in kernels
8.
Whole-wheat and other whole-grain cereal products. Rye, oats,
buckwheat and stone-ground cornmeal are all high in fiber. Bread,
pastas, pizzas, pancakes and muffins made with whole-grain flours.
9.
Broccoli-very high in fiber!
10.
Baked potato with the skin
(The skin when crisp is the best part for fiber.) Mashed and boiled
potatoes are good, too-but not french fries, which contain a high
percentage of fat.
11.
Green snap beans, pole beans, and broad beans (These are packaged
frozen as Italian beans, in Europe they are known as haricot or french
beans.)
12.
Plums, pears, and apples
The skin is edible, and are all high in pectin.
13.
Raisins and prunes
Not as high on the list as other dried fruits (see #5) but very
valuable.
14.
Greens
Including spinach, beet greens, kale, collards, swiss chard and turnip
greens.
15.
Nuts
Especially almonds, Brazil nuts, peanuts, and walnuts (Consume these
sparingly, because of their high fat content.).
16.
Cherries
17.
Bananas
18.
Carrots
19.
Coconut
(dried or fresh-but both are high in fat content).
20.
Brussels sprouts
The list above is from Dietary Fiber - Bowel function By Warren Enker,
M.D., F.A.C.S.
( http://www.wehealnewyork.org/healthinfo/dietaryfiber/#Twenty )
This webpage is jampacked with additional information about the need
for liquid absorbant foods in the diet.
A fiber content chart is found here and is from the same website:
( http://www.wehealnewyork.org/healthinfo/dietaryfiber/fibercontentchart.html#fiber
)
The chart is arranged by alphabet and as is often the case, more than
one kind of food may occupy the same spot on a fiber content chart.
You will find the "rank" figures based on fiber content in the far
right column.
If I may clarify anything, please ask.
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Now since you are using the name "prego," perhaps you are asking about
which foods absorb the most water when being prepared, such as pasta.
If that is the case, please let me know and I will add that
information to the answer.
Cheers
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