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Fiber Menace: The Truth About The Leading Role Of Fiber In Diet Failure, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Etc. 2nd Edition
Author(s): Konstantin Monastyrsky (Author)
- Publisher: Ageless Press
- Publication Date: October 15, 2008
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 296 pages
- ISBN-10: 0970679645
- ISBN-13: 9780970679642
Book Description
Fiber Menace is for people who believe fiber prevents cancers, reduces the risk of heart disease, regulates blood sugar, wards off diabetes, lowers appetite, induces weight loss, cleanses the colon, and eliminates constipation. Tragically, none of it is true: Fiber doesn’t ward off colon cancer, according to the Harvard School of Public Health Fiber doesn’t prevent breast cancer either, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fiber doesn’t reduce the risk of heart disease, according to the American Heart Association Fiber doesn’t counteract diabetes, according to the Harvard School of Public Health Fiber doesn’t curb appetite, according to the Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center Fiber doesn’t relieve chronic constipation, according to the American College of Gastroenterology Considering all this, learning from Fiber Menace may become one of the most transformational experiences of your life.
Editorial Reviews
Review
My training as a physician included many hours of nutrition, but fiber was only mentioned in regards to the effects of a deficiency. Never once did any of my professors consider the possibility that too much of what has always been considered a good thing’ could have such harmful or far-reaching consequences. The author’s detailed description of the trauma imposed to the gastrointestinal mucosa by the expanding fiber is a vivid reminder that returning to the basics of GI function and logically thinking through what our bodies actually are designed to do with the food we eat, should be the first step on anyone’s journey to recovery from digestive disorders. Thanks to the insights in this book I have slowly begun to change my approach to common patient symptoms, which I traditionally would have treated by suggesting increased fiber and more water to correct! So far the results are promising. Dr. John Turner, DC, CCSP, DIBCN –Wise Traditions Newsletter by Weston A. Price foundation
About the Author
Konstantin Monastyrsky is a European-educated pharmacist, a certified nutritional consultant, and an expert on forensic nutrition. He is the author of two best-selling Russian-language books, entitled Functional Nutrition and Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism and a popular talk-show host on Russian-language talk radio in New York and Chicago.
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