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How Does Fiber Help The Human Body?
An international team of scientists has discovered nerve fibers in the skin that transmit pleasure messages to the brain, a finding they say may improve the understanding of how touch affects human relationships. In addition to discovering these "pleasure fibers," known as "C-tactile" nerve fibers, the researchers also found that a person's skin must be stroked at a certain rate--four to five centimeters per second--to activate a person's pleasure sensation. Scientists say if the stroke rate is...
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Dietary Fiber: 4 Tips to Lower Cholesterol with Fiber
Do you have high cholesterol? Increase your fiber! Do you have high blood pressure? Increase your fiber! Are you overweight? Increase... Read more »
Holiday Mantra: Go Fiber, Go Fiber
We all want to throw food caution to the wind when it comes to the holidays and the food orgy that comes along with them. Problem is that... Read more »
Fiber: An Oatmeal Cookie a Day Helps Keep Breast Cancer Away?
Eat more fiber. Yawn. How many times over the course of your life have you heard that message? Used to be, fiber–especially insoluble... Read more »
High Fiber Diet Helps Against Heart Disease
A diet high in dietary fiber plays an important in preventing heart disease and lowering cholesterol levels. Dietary fiber binds to... Read more »
The Miraculous Human Body and Your Osteoporosis Questions
I have always been intrigued with the miraculous workings of the human body. It is fascinating how so many intricate systems can work... Read more »
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"Good" body fat may help you lose weight
The type of fat that babies store in order to regulate their body temperature may help adults lose weight as well. "Brown fat" burns calories when it... Read more »
Human body makes its own "aspirin," scientists find
British scientists have found new evidence that humans make their own salicylic acid (SA), the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body.... Read more »
Surgery Does Not Help People with Body Image Disorder
Results from a new study suggest that though one in five people who have the body image problem known as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) have cosmetic... Read more »
Fiber
Even though the number of total grams of carbohydrates listed on the food label includes fiber, the actual grams of dietary fiber are still included... Read more »
Spring-clean Your Body: These American Institute for Cancer Re...
By Nancy E. Hafer, MS, RD, LDWhile you’re cleaning out your cabinets and closets this month, don’t forget your most important spring-cleaning —... Read more »
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