Let’s face it, our modern world isn’t getting any cleaner. With dangerous chemicals lurking in our air, our drinking water, and even in the products we use every day like soap and shampoo, our bodies have become inundated with harmful toxins – but a high-fiber diet may just be the key to fighting back.
Studies show that [...]

There are more than 1 million overweight adults in the U.S. alone, 300 million of whom are considered obese. As if that weren’t cause enough for concern, it seems the trend is continuing among American adolescents and teens, contributing to an alarming increase in obesity-related conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke in adulthood. But [...]

You may not realize it, but everyday stress factors can have a significant impact on healthy weight loss. When stress levels increase, it puts added strain on the adrenal glands—small glands located on top of your kidneys. One of the primary functions of the adrenal glands is to produce certain hormones (such as cortisol) to [...]

Ah, the holidays—that wondrous time of year when family and friends gather together to celebrate the joy of the season… and when all your good intentions take a nosedive into the land of “As soon as the holidays are over, I’ll start my diet again.”
But before you lose hope, consider this: healthy weight loss shouldn’t [...]

It’s pretty remarkable that something as simple as a high-fiber diet can have such an impact on our health, but that’s what scientists in Australia discovered recently when they analyzed the link between dietary fiber and the body’s natural immune response. In fact, said researchers, adding more fiber to your daily diet may help prevent some of the [...]

Who says holiday eating can’t be healthy? Celebrate the flavors of the season with these mouthwatering—and high in fiber!—recipes the whole family will enjoy.
Quick & Easy Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Ingredients
1¾ cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
¼ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. salt
¼ cup sugar
¾ cup honey
½ cup [...]

Think your body is really getting the nutrition it needs from that high-fiber toaster pastry or vitamin-enriched marshmallow cereal? You may not be getting the whole story. As more and more food manufacturers are beefing up their product packaging with statements like “high in fiber” and “essential vitamins”, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to make [...]

Are you thinking about beginning a weight loss program and want a little extra boost to help you get started? Try adding fiber powder to your daily diet. Fiber works in the digestive tract to absorb and eliminate waste, literally “flushing” away stored fat and toxins that can build up in the body and contribute [...]

Promising news for those with high cholesterol: increasing your daily fiber intake may significantly boost your efforts to lower harmful LDL levels. Parade magazine recently featured an article highlighting a list of foods recommended to help lower bad cholesterol, and (not surprisingly) most of those foods are high in soluble fiber–a natural substance shown to bind with cholesterol in the bloodstream and help eliminate [...]

When it comes to weight loss, we’re all looking for that magic bullet—the one product amid a sea of diet products that will finally help us shed those unwanted pounds and have the body we’ve always wanted. But here’s the thing about diet products: many of them simply don’t work, and all too many of [...]