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Brenda Watson's Articles in Nutrition

  • Higher Fiber, Lower Cholesterol
    The fiber component of food, known as “dietary fiber,” is a type of complex carbohydrate found only in plants, primarily in their cell walls. Fiber is not technically a nutrient since we humans cannot digest it. While it contains no nutrients, the food in which fiber is found is loaded with them. For our purposes we want to concentrate on the health-associated benefits of having a high-fiber diet. A high-fiber diet, as we recommend it, includes 35 grams of fiber daily for wom...

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