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Podcast: Empowering Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan
Episode: The Importance of FIBER in Midlife and Beyond
Description: For generations moms have intuitively known to tell their kids to eat their vegetables, but medical science is now supporting so many reasons why getting adequate fiber is vital for health in more ways than you might think. Fiber, which is the indigestible type of carbohydrate found in plants, is critical not only for having regular bowel movements, but for preventing colon cancer, breast, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, autoimmune disease, general inflammation and more...and it's even implicated in reducing the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Today I'm going to be talking about the exciting subject of fiber...