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Should You Eat More Fiber?

Gut Bacteria Can Process Dietary Fiber into an Anti-Allergy Weapon, Finds New Study

Should you be eating more fiber? Well, really that depends. Typically nutritionists will advise most people to eat more dietary fiber. However, a new study from Cornell University published in Gut Microbes suggests that the effects of fiber vary from person to person and recommends that recommendations should be tailored to the individual person’s gut …

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Digestible Digestives

Digestible Digestives

  Digestive enzymes are so very tiny, yet can mean the world of difference between sickness and health, which makes having an understanding of what they are and what they do to be rather important and of use.   They are a specific kind of enzyme in the body that breaks down macromolecules. These enzymes …

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