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Grandma Knew Best

 Our grandmothers called it roughage and today most know it as fiber. Fiber has been important to health for a long, long-time and today conventional medicine even recognizes its’ benefits.
Most Americans get only about half the dietary fiber they need. Read your food labels carefully and increase your fiber in your diet slowly (otherwise you’ll likely suffer cramps and gas). Most health care professionals and nutritionists realize it’s difficult if not almost impossible to eat the recommended daily amounts of fiber, they suggest adding a chewable fiber tablet to your daily diet. This will give you the benefits without the mess or inconvenience of mixing powders. <read more>

Low Carb Dieting?

     In case you haven’t noticed low carb dieting has become ‘all the rage’. Its popularity has soared as many find reducing their intake of carbohydrates helps them lose weight. The basic idea is to eat fewer carbohydrates, especially the highly processed white-sugar types (white bread, cake, cookies, etc). This will cause your body to burn fat for energy. When you eat more carbs than your body can burn as fuel, they are stored as fat. <read more>

     Fiber is the stuff that gives plants their very structure. It cannot be digested, has few (if any calories) or nutrients, and is all to often processed out of plant foods today.  There are two types of fiber insoluble and soluble. <read more>