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| ‘Roid Rage: Forget Major League, Think Little League |
03-12-2008 |
| Male Breasts Gynecomastia: When nature gets confused |
04-04-2007 |
| A Few Good Monsters Don't be scared, be grateful. The Gila Monster is helping diabetics control blood sugar and lose weight. |
11-15-2006 |
| Memory Research & Meditation | 11-01-2006 |
| Lab Tests 101 | 09-20-2006 |
| HeartFelt Stress | 07-12-2006 |
| ‘Better Than Ever’ Life and Love Life after Prostate Cancer: One Man's Story |
06-14-2006 |
| Dogs & Chocolate |
02-22-2005 |
| Erectile
Dysfunction A distress signal from a whole ‘nuther part of the body |
07-12-2004 |
| Am I Losing My Mind? Or just my car keys? |
11-13-2003 |
| Don't Sweat It: (You Can Stop the Drip) |
10-09-2003 |
| What's Afoot? | 08-14-2003 |
| Feet, don't fail me now | 08-11-2003 |
| Living with Cancer: When Doctor Becomes Patient |
02-03-2003 |
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Add fiber to your diet... slowly
Dietary fiber is versatile and talented. It assists in discouraging a long list of woes: constipation, hemorrhoids, heart disease, diabetes, bad cholesterol and certain cancers.
Foods such as apples, berries, oranges, beans, broccoli, bran, multigrain breads and cereals should be added slowly into your diet, followed by an increase in fluid intake. Eventually you want to work up to 4 ½ cups of high fiber foods a day.
Otherwise, you might find yourself feeling more bloated, gassy or experiencing stomach cramps.So, add one high-fiber food at a time about a week apart. Increase your water intake (which includes unsweetened teas, diet sodas, juice) to eight glasses a day to help the fiber move through your system.
