Humans are omnivores with a mixed feeder’s teeth and digestive system.  If we were meant to be herbivores we’d have mouths designed to chew cud and four big stomachs to hold and process it.  Yet the myth persists that all of us should eat plenty of fiber.

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I’m guest posting over at The Healthy Home Economist today, and I hope you’ll be frisky enough to follow me there.    Sarah Pope and I consider the topic of colon health to be very timely with National Colon Awareness Month coming up next month.    Given...

Is MiraLAX the New Vioxx?  That’s the provocative title of an article by Konstantin Monastyrsky, the author of Fiber Menace.

As of March 2012, the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System showed 2,257 “adverse events” ranging from forgetfulness to death caused by...