European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes april As Hie  list snows the True fiber Content is Toteff Nenod by new analytic compared of tit the of crude fiber of some common the amounts listed Are in number of firms of fiber per 100 Grams of edible Al bran cornflakes grape nuts Rica Karl solos puffed wheat sugar pulls shredded Host special k Brussel boiled boiled boiled raw raw boiled raw zs0 baked canned tx1 canned French wed fresh a canned jobs a Sweet cooked j flute without skin of them a bananas a canned with skin without Kiln with Albi raw Nuta Brazil Peanut butter i contents by Jane Brody new York times itinerary of a breakfast published in medical director of the Battle Sanatorium and brother of the founder of the Kellogg com described the Colon As the source of More disease and physical suffering than any other Organ of the to i counter the unhealthy state of colonic at he prescribed an Antitoxin diet consisting chiefly of cereals and fresh More than so years similar Hig fiber diets Are being advocated As capable of preventing or curing everything from haemorrhoids and Colon cancer to heart diabetes and although Many re Seaben have been studying fiber for the current fad was initiated in 1170 by Denis a British he reported that countries where Large amounts of fiber Are regularly consumed had Low rates of Colon rectal benign diseases of he Colon such As i varicose gallstones and atherosclerotic heart Papular books and articles soon vastly exaggerating the health claims for dietary now supermarkets in the offer a wide Range of Hig fiber breads and people who once described bran As the closest thing to cattle feed Are happily eating like their four legged it has also stimulated a great Deal of research by reputable physicians and scientists to find out just what fiber la Ana what it can and cannot do to promote the findings to Date Belle Many of the More far reaching claims and show that there Are such great differences in the effects of various fiber constituents that talking of fiber As one substance is really quite the studies also show that merely adding fiber will not coun Ter the ill effects of diets High in cholesterol and dietary fiber is the indigestible portion of the chemical sch stares in the Ceu Walls that give plants Structure and fiber co Risu of eel Gams mucilage and Goul different kinds of plants contain different fiber cons tit even within a the fiber Content May vary according to growing conditions and maturity at for is almost entirely cellulose grapes and some other fruits Are High in fiber substances can absorb Many times their weight in water and most pass through the human digestive tract resulting in softer and bulkier if the Stool is softer and Burditt there is less need to Strain to move the bowels and there Mth infected and hiatus hernia is reduced f i the scientific evidence and i argument and to watering the purported benefits of fiber following the Fly differences in life but also vast in other dietary amounts of animal Fata and meats eaten by Ameri sheese say that a Heth w Osti a web More closely related to the developing cancer and heart disease than is Lack of dietary they constipated people Are no More Likely to get Colon cancer than persons with regular studies do support the suggestion that Hig fiber diets can alleviate and possibly prevent diverticula Dis which afflicts two in five americans Over the age of for symptomatic patients have been treated with bund diets few in now it appears that just the opposite is Best according to Ai Asur an expert on digestive diseases at the University of a diet High in roughage is tar More effective in relieving symptom and reducing the need for he except patients with col Cole constrictions or severe ten separate studies have shown that eating fiber in the form of bran does not lower blood Levels of Choles Terol or but found in relatively Large amounts in fruits especially oranges and guar gum a thickener extracted from the Cluster bean rolled Oats in Bengal Gram chickpeas can reduce cholesterol in people Andor experimental studies have yet shown that a Hig fiber diet will promote weight loss in it is far More difficult to consume the same number of calories contained in refined carbohydrates As unrefined fibrous it would take about three pounds of for to equal the carbohydrate con tent of one Candy in one recent a Hig fiber diet fed to persons with diabetes produced a lowering of sugar and fats in the and several patients were Able to discontinue their anti diabetic drug treatment by tripling their Ordinary intake of unrefined carbohydrates without increasing the number of calories they consumed Hig fiber diets can also have some undesirable of the most common is a temporary increase in flatulence and usually lasting about three weeks but in some cases for two or More those who decide to leap on the fiber bandwagon Are advised to proceed with since the gastrointestinal tract May rebel at a Large increase in the amount of added fiber to work up to is about two to four Grams of crude fiber a Day americans already eat about four Grams of crude fiber daily one cup of Al bran Cereal contains two Grams of crude three raw carrots or three apples a Day Are Good turnips and Leafy vegetables Are recent Cleges in methods for analysing the fiber foods have shown that Fezou Usu of crude fiber Content represent Only Small fac Tion of the actual Arao ont of ande resume material la toe the old method of analysis Falls to Mea swe guns Ami Aad tins Usu o crude fiber contort particularly shortchange a longtime student of dietary David Krit associate director of the Star Institute in concludes that increasing the fiber Content the typical american diet cant Hurt and probably As Long As you pay attention to whatever else by Ermo Bombeck at wits end once just once i wish my kids would go through a phase All at the same when 1 had one napping at night and a second sleeping All Day and a third was running around Day and night like a Ham Ster with a when one was the other was biting and the other was in his spitting syn after the younger got his Teeth he moved up to the Middle progressed to spitting and the older one graduated to pinching they were never All dry at never without tears All at or Ever in a Good mood All at i Beard a child psychologist your child changes every he slips from one phase into another like a car shifting its i wish Ralph Nader would recall All three of them and Check pm at the we have one child Ewe child going through her Little Mother she is so help so and so we Are All ready to kill her now an1 canonize her to her Brothers she will do you want me to turn your radio Down before mom and dad take the batteries out again shall i drop in your Home room when i get to school and Tell your teacher you Are going to be late because you cant find your shoes or i hate this one you boys Are getting on Mommy nerves and you know what shape nerves Are in at her to her father she will Coo if you need lunch i can give you Back he Money you gave me for each you might just As Well borrow it As the or you want me to make some of those cookies for you that mama is always too Busy to make the other Day she i made your bed for i just went to toe was going u crawl Back into keep forgetting How much sleep you she said a thing Hap 1 will you let thl dog in anyone top he cant Imus t0 a across my her gears had Fiffi Semi Rotten stage i let the dog said her both of b lust a cant at his