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Fiber Follies

23 Nov 2022

The scary headline scooted around the internet. 鈥淒iets high in Processed Fiber May Increase Risk of Liver Cancer in Some People.鈥 Unsurprisingly, this prompted lots of questions, including one from...

Why do people get hungry an hour after eating Chinese food?

4 Oct 2019

As far as I know, this is all anecdotal and nobody has ever done a study to determine if this is actually true. To start with, not all Chinese meals are alike. 鈥淎merican鈥 Chinese food with its bevy...

You're Full of Crap. Literally.

6 Sep 2018

I鈥檓 told I鈥檓 full of 鈥.ummm 鈥渃rap.鈥澛犅燗nd so are most of you.聽Literally.聽So say the promoters of various colon cleansers.聽Actually, they鈥檙e not quite so crass, they prefer to use gentler terms like,...

Lipozene and Weight Loss

20 Mar 2017

The "active" ingredient in Lipozene is glucomannan, a form of dietary fiber that is extracted from the root of the konjac plant. Fiber, by definition, is any type of food component that cannot be...

Jerusalem Artichokes

20 Mar 2017

"But in my judgement, which way soever they be drest and eaten they stir up and cause a filthie loathsome stinking winde with the bodie, thereby causing the belly to be much pained and tormented,...

Konjac and Weight Loss

20 Mar 2017

It is unbelievable what people will believe. Especially when it comes to weight loss. No matter how many 鈥渕agic鈥 pills have come and gone, hope reigns eternal that the next one that comes around...

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