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Nearly all Americans fail to eat enough of this actual superfood
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 959" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/3/20/18214505/fiber-diet-weight-loss" target="_blank"><strong>Nearly all Americans fail to eat enough of this actual superfood - Vox</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>While we obsess about carbs and protein, we’ve ignored fiber — at our peril. </strong></p><p></p><p>When we fret about the deterioration of the American diet, we tend to focus on the excessive amounts of sugar, salt, and calories we’re now eating.</p><p></p><p>What we don’t talk about: an important ingredient that’s gone missing as we’ve been filling our plates with more <a href="https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/01/2018-will-see-high-meat-consumption-us-american-diet-shifting" target="_blank">chicken</a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/28/17515188/us-cheese-surplus-billion-pounds" target="_blank">cheese</a>.</p><p></p><p>Fiber. Only <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6124841/" target="_blank">5 percent</a> of people in the US meet the Institute of Medicine’s recommended daily target of <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/fiber/art-20043983" target="_blank">25 grams for women and 38 grams</a> for men. That amounts to a population-wide deficiency — what nutritionists call the “<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22649260" target="_blank">fiber gap</a>.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 959, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vox.com/2019/3/20/18214505/fiber-diet-weight-loss'][B]Nearly all Americans fail to eat enough of this actual superfood - Vox[/B][/URL] [B]While we obsess about carbs and protein, we’ve ignored fiber — at our peril. [/B] When we fret about the deterioration of the American diet, we tend to focus on the excessive amounts of sugar, salt, and calories we’re now eating. What we don’t talk about: an important ingredient that’s gone missing as we’ve been filling our plates with more [URL='https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/01/2018-will-see-high-meat-consumption-us-american-diet-shifting']chicken[/URL] and [URL='https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/28/17515188/us-cheese-surplus-billion-pounds']cheese[/URL]. Fiber. Only [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6124841/']5 percent[/URL] of people in the US meet the Institute of Medicine’s recommended daily target of [URL='https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/fiber/art-20043983']25 grams for women and 38 grams[/URL] for men. That amounts to a population-wide deficiency — what nutritionists call the “[URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22649260']fiber gap[/URL].” [/QUOTE]
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