Apr 12, 2019 | Diet Tips, Fiber, Groups, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
by Susan B. Roberts, PhDI ran my first community iDiet group in the room above my garage, helping local friends, and then neighbors who would soon become friends, to lose weight and keep it off. Because I have been on the shop floor, running iDiet groups myself, and...
Feb 24, 2019 | Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Diet Tips, Fiber, insoluble fiber, Legumes, Nutrition, Science, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
iDiet adheres to the best nutrition science regarding balanced nutrient composition. But there is one area we believe current science is behind, and that is fiber. The USDA recently raised the daily recommendation on fiber from 25g to 28g, but we still think that is...
Jan 9, 2019 | Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Diet Tips, Fiber, insoluble fiber, Legumes, Nutrition, Research, Science, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
Do you ever use laxatives?Laxative sales at retail total an astonishing $1.3 billion dollars each year in the USA. And constipation is the reason for over 2.5 million doctor visits annually.Did you know that straining while pooping can cause varicose veins, hiatal...
Oct 18, 2018 | Carbs, Diabetes, Exercise, fasting, Fiber, In the Media, insoluble fiber, Nutrition, Research, Science, soluble fiber, Uncategorized, Video
Weight loss without gimmicks, or Weight loss that works! Obesity today is a problem that’s completely out of our control. This is a lightly edited transcript of the talk that Dr. Roberts gave in Boston at the Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University. The...
Sep 4, 2018 | Carbs, Cardiovascular Health, Desserts, Diet Tips, Fiber, In the Media, Legumes, Nutrition, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Moderation in all things. Did your grandmother ever tell you this? A recently-published meta-analysis says she was right. A new large-scale study Researchers who pooled the results of eight large studies covering more than 430,000 people have found that eating a...
Jul 13, 2018 | Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Diet Tips, Fiber, Groups, insoluble fiber, Nutrition, Research, Science, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
Curing cancer and heart disease is difficult. But preventing them is easy – and delicious. Heart disease is responsible for one in four U.S. deaths, and cancer is responsible for nearly as many. Although we have made strides in cancer treatment, some rates of cancer...
