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How Much Fiber is in That: Fruit
Fiber, fiber, fiber. We all know we should be getting enough. It's recommended that women get 25 grams of fiber each day to help lower your risk of heart disease, as well as some types of cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Nutritional Quiz: Fiber and Fruit
You all know that you should be eating at least 5 servings of fruit and veggies a day and some health practitioners even suggest upwards of nine servings. One of the benefits of fruit is that it contains fiber. You should be eating about 30 grams a day of fiber, so which fruits contain the most?
Which Dried Fruit Has MORE Fiber?
It's recommended that women get 25 grams of fiber each day to help lower your risk of heart disease, as well as some types of cancer and type 2 diabetes. Eating a little bit more - 30 grams of fiber a day - can reduce your risk of getting breast cancer by 50%!
Since yummy dried fruits are a great way to get your fiber, add them to your salads, baked goods, or chow them alone.
Diet Tip: Eat Fruit Instead of Drinking It
If you're trying to lose weight, when choosing between fruit and fruit juice, stick with fruit. The whole fruit not only offers more fiber than fruit juice, it contains fewer calories as well. Eating fiber not only prevents certain types of cancers and keeps you regular, but it also helps fill you up so you're less likely to eat as many calories.
Ovarian Cancer: Prevent With Fiber and Less Fat
It turns out that including at least 30 g of fiber in your diet not only helps prevent breast cancer, but a new study also says that it could also reduce your risk for ovarian cancer by 40 percent.
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cancer killer of women. About 20,000 women in the U.S.
Healthy Eating Tip: Have a Fig For Dessert
Figgy pudding may be a traditional holiday dessert, but it isn't exactly the healthiest choice. If you crave something sweet after a meal, give dried figs a taste. If you've never tried this sweet, tasty treat, then you are really missing out.
Yes, You Can Eat Carbs!
I am so sad when I see people on diets that restrict their carb intake. Carbs are compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen - and they are VITAL for providing energy to our bodies and our brains. Without them, we'd be unconscious noodles!Fruits: More or Less Than Five Grams of Fiber?
Hopefully you're taking advantage of the season and eating pounds of fresh Summer fruits. Fruit is a great way to cool you down on a hot day, and is a healthier choice than ice cream since it's lower in calories and fat, and offers more fiber. Just how much?
Don't Let Traveling Get You in a Bind
The stress of traveling and being away from home can really mess with your bathroom schedule. Changing times zones, eating foods you're not used to, and skipping out on exercise doesn't help either. To prevent tummy issues, here are some tips on how to stay regular when traveling.
Learn to Love: Persimmons
Now that berry season is long gone, I'm expanding my breakfast fruit horizons. Celebrate the cold weather with pomegranate seeds in your oatmeal, or slice pears or persimmons and serve them with nut butter on toast or whole-grain waffles.
You probably know how to pick and slice a pear, but persimmons have a steeper learning curve.
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