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Dietary Fiber gives you a Longer and Healthier Life

A longer and healthier life is linked with high-fiber diets. Proof is found around the world in many cultures where a high-fiber diet in a norm.  Studies have found that Ugandans who ate a high-fiber diet escaped many of the common European and American diseases. Similarly Japanese Okinawans have been credited with some of the …

Fiber Goodness!

Low incidence of bowel disease in rural Africans is because they consume around 55 gm of dietary fiber daily, which is more than 2 ½ times the UK average. Fiber cannot be broken down by the body. It comes in two forms; soluble and insoluble fiber. Insoluble fiber helps to bulk the food up and …