Need more fiber? Dietitians share which high-fiber fruits to add to your diet.
Fiber is an important part of a healthy diet because it helps keep us regular and feeling full. It has a number of other health benefits for the body, from the gut to the heart. But most Americans don’t eat nearly enough of it.
Dietary fiber is the part of plant foods — fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains — that the body can’t break down or digest.
There are two types: soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber dissolves in water and bodily fluids, forming a gel-like substance as it passes through the body, which slows down digestion. Insoluble fiber does not dissolve and instead absorbs fluids and other materials, which increases stool bulk. Together, these types of fiber help the body remove waste, maintain bowel health, aid with digestion, and manage blood sugar levels.
“Fiber is such a nutrition superstar … it benefits our health in so many ways,” Frances Largeman-Roth, registered dietitian nutritionist author of Everyday Snack Tray. Continue reading
A plant-based diet is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer and death, according to a large-scale review published Wednesday.
There has been an increase in awareness among Americans regarding their food choices. Consumers are now more committed to avoiding ultra-processed foods, seed oils, and artificial additives. There are growing concerns about using toxic pesticides to cultivate fruits and vegetables.
The study by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) found that rice, wheat, leafy green vegetables, baby foods and dark chocolates with high heavy metal concentrations are connected to the thousands of cancer cases each year. Foods contaminated with metals such as lead and cadmium were linked to cases of bladder and lung cancer.
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 1,762,450 new cancer cases were diagnosed before the end of 2019. Of that number, approximately 606,880 Americans, nearly 1,662 each day, died.
Have you ever noticed that your favorite pair of pants have become increasingly more snug and thought to yourself, Is my metabolism to blame? 
Cancer is the target of some of the most advanced treatments in medicine’s arsenal. 
I have believed for a long time that the American Medical Complex and the Consumer Food and Beverage Industrial Complex have little interest in the prevention of disease. It makes far better business sense to let the population eat, drink and smoke to their heart’s content and then offer seemingly high tech and expensive methods for cleaning up the aftermath. In the United States, the food industry alone generates 500 billion dollars in sales: Bacon, eggs, milk, fast food franchises, soft drinks, fried food, dead food, overcooked food, sweets, treats and canned goods.