Dietary Fiber and Health Risks from Civilization Diets
Medical research links high fiber diets to reduced digestion problems seen in developing countries as they urbanize. The article explains dietary fiber types, sources, and how refined processing lowers fiber intake, contributing to constipation diverticular disease irritable bowel syndrome and possibly colon cancer, while high fiber may reduce cancer risk.
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Increasing fiber intake tips for daily diet
Encourage higher fiber by choosing fresh or dried fruits with or between meals. Include raw or cooked vegetables daily, leaving peels where possible. Add more whole grain bread and cereals with high fiber, plus unprocessed bran. Limit refined breads, cereals, sugars, and sweets.
Fruit and Oat Pancakes Recipe Card
A compact home recipe card outlining a mixed fruit cup and oat pancakes. The fruit cup blends raisins bananas pears peaches apples prunes and coconut with pineapple juice, chilled to serve six. The oat pancakes use flour oats baking powder salt milk egg substitute and oil to yield twelve pancakes with balances of calories carbs protein fat calcium sodium and fiber.
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