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dietary fibre articlesFabulous Fibre Gets Things Moving
Fibre is not the most fashionable of foods. It’s not as noble as protein, not as satisfying as fat and not as tempting as sugar or starch. But when you have to get things moving, who do you call? Not the mighty garlic.
Fibre is not the most fashionable of foods. It’s not as noble as protein, not as satisfying as fat and not as tempting as sugar or starch. But when you have to get things moving, who do you call? Not the mighty garlic.
How to Get Fibre in Your Diet
We have come a long way in our understanding of the important role of fibre in the past 30 years, though Hippocrates proclaimed the benefits of fibre more than 2,000 years ago.
We have come a long way in our understanding of the important role of fibre in the past 30 years, though Hippocrates proclaimed the benefits of fibre more than 2,000 years ago.
Fun and Fabulous Fare with Fibre
Increasing your intake of high-fibre foods helps prevent disease and is another important step toward better health. Fibre keeps the bowels healthy and fills your stomach so you tend to eat less.
Increasing your intake of high-fibre foods helps prevent disease and is another important step toward better health. Fibre keeps the bowels healthy and fills your stomach so you tend to eat less.
Fibre-Fest
"In our ongoing love affair with refined and packaged foods that have been stripped of fibre, we have sacrificed one of our greatest allies in our quest for health.
"In our ongoing love affair with refined and packaged foods that have been stripped of fibre, we have sacrificed one of our greatest allies in our quest for health.
Cleansing Foods
After spending the cozy days of winter sipping hot chocolate and finishing the holiday cookies, our body systems can feel sluggis.
After spending the cozy days of winter sipping hot chocolate and finishing the holiday cookies, our body systems can feel sluggis.
Fibre 101
Fibre is essentially what is left after your body has extracted all the nutrients out of the fruits, vegetables, and grains that you eat; it is the indigestible cell walls of plant foods.
Fibre is essentially what is left after your body has extracted all the nutrients out of the fruits, vegetables, and grains that you eat; it is the indigestible cell walls of plant foods.
The 21st-Century Epidemic
Diabetes is one of the biggest drains of our society’s resources –both financial and human. The total economic toll of diabetes in Canada is an absolutely staggering excess of over $10 billion annually.
Diabetes is one of the biggest drains of our society’s resources –both financial and human. The total economic toll of diabetes in Canada is an absolutely staggering excess of over $10 billion annually.
A Breakthrough in Weight Loss
Why are so many people struggling with their weight today? With the thousands of weight loss programs and products being offered, why do most people still find it hard to lose excessive weight and keep it off? Fortunately, Canadian researcher.
Why are so many people struggling with their weight today? With the thousands of weight loss programs and products being offered, why do most people still find it hard to lose excessive weight and keep it off? Fortunately, Canadian researcher.
Crohn's Disease
We have all checked with our gut from time to time to make major decisions, but imagine having to check in for the most basic of lifestyle choice.
We have all checked with our gut from time to time to make major decisions, but imagine having to check in for the most basic of lifestyle choice.
Effective Weight-Loss Programs
There are hundreds of weight-loss programs that vow to help create a lean, muscular body with little body fa.
There are hundreds of weight-loss programs that vow to help create a lean, muscular body with little body fa.
Regulating Cravings and Appetite
How many times have you heard someone say, “I tried eating just one cookie but eventually ate the whole box”? This unfortunate approach to eating represents one of the major problems encountered by those who wish to lose weight and improve their health: how.
How many times have you heard someone say, “I tried eating just one cookie but eventually ate the whole box”? This unfortunate approach to eating represents one of the major problems encountered by those who wish to lose weight and improve their health: how.
The Unspeakable Truth
Nobody wants to talk about it, but regular elimination is a health concern for many of us. Almost everyone struggles with it at some time or another. Constipation is so common in the elderly that almost 50 per cent experience it.
Nobody wants to talk about it, but regular elimination is a health concern for many of us. Almost everyone struggles with it at some time or another. Constipation is so common in the elderly that almost 50 per cent experience it.
What's Old is New
The phrase “functional food” is everywhere these days, but what does it mean? From a natural health perspective, functional food refers to nutritionally superior food products that have been enhanced through processing, fermentation, or growth technologies.
The phrase “functional food” is everywhere these days, but what does it mean? From a natural health perspective, functional food refers to nutritionally superior food products that have been enhanced through processing, fermentation, or growth technologies.
Fibre-Licious
The increasing age of our population puts more people at risk of diabetes, but poor diet and lack of exercise are also contributing factors. Greater understanding of the risk factors for this disease can prevent a diabetes diagnosis.
The increasing age of our population puts more people at risk of diabetes, but poor diet and lack of exercise are also contributing factors. Greater understanding of the risk factors for this disease can prevent a diabetes diagnosis.
Full of Beans
Blood sugar levels are easy to manage with a diet that focuses on whole foods and beans, which consistently appear on the low end of the glycemic index (a measure of how a given food will raise blood sugar when compared to pure glucose). Beans are an excellent source of protein, but they also contain protective fibre; for example, one cup (250 mL) of chickpeas provides 11 grams of fibre.
Blood sugar levels are easy to manage with a diet that focuses on whole foods and beans, which consistently appear on the low end of the glycemic index (a measure of how a given food will raise blood sugar when compared to pure glucose). Beans are an excellent source of protein, but they also contain protective fibre; for example, one cup (250 mL) of chickpeas provides 11 grams of fibre.
Eating to Live
Promote better intestinal health by maximizing the benefits to be derived from these four pillars: probiotics, phytochemicals, digestive enzymes, and dietary fibre.
Promote better intestinal health by maximizing the benefits to be derived from these four pillars: probiotics, phytochemicals, digestive enzymes, and dietary fibre.
