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The Super Fiber that Controls Your Appetite and Blood Sugar

Mark Hyman, M.D. by Mark Hyman, M.D. | July 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment
topic: Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss | tags: African bushmen, appetite, blood pressure, blood sugar, breast-cancer, cancer, cholesterol, colon cancer, constipation, Dennis Burkitt, diabetes, fiber, flax, glucomannan, heart disease, insoluble fiber, insulin, obesity, soluble fiber, weigh loss

fiber-rich fruits and grains

Imagine eating 12 pounds of food a day — and still staying thin and healthy! That may sound crazy, but it’s exactly what our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate for millennia. Of course, I wouldn’t advise anyone today to eat 12 pounds of food, because the food in our society lacks one major ingredient that our ancestors ate in nearly all their food — fiber!

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