Are Fiber Bars Healthy?
August 3rd, 2010
Do Fiber Bars boost your metabolism? Do they help or hinder when it comes to battling weight loss? Dr. Terry Simpson reveals why they may not be so good for your health after all in this quick video.
Restaurant Eating
July 19th, 2010
I admit it- I am a food snob. When I cook, I like using fresh ingredients – and I prefer if I can find them from some place local. But on occasion I like it when someone else cooks – and part of the fun is finding restaurants that serve great food that is made fresh daily.
I am a fan of the television program by Gordon Ramsay called Kitchen Nightmares. In that show various restaurants contact him because their business is dying, and they need help. I noticed some similar themes in all of his shows:
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What is Fiber?
July 14th, 2010
For a while it seemed that everyone was talking about the importance of fiber, and its role in preventing a variety of diseases. After much speculation, we now have a few answers about what fiber really does, and what makes it an important component of good nutrition.
Fiber is simply things that humans cannot digest. Many vegetables and fruit have methylcellulose – the stringy stuff– and we, as humans cannot digest it. Cows can, horses can, deer can – but not humans. This is why it is better to cook vegetables – because by breaking down some of the fiber our bodies can get to the nutrients that are locked into the vegetables.
