Jun 1, 2021 | Carbs, Desserts, Diabetes, Diet Tips, Fiber, Legumes, Nutrition, Science, sweeteners, Weight Loss
Glycemic Index – Good Carbs and Bad Carbs Are there “Good” and “Bad” Carbohydrates? The Glycemic Index (GI), originally used in research on treating diabetes, measures how much a particular food increases blood glucose in the two-hour period after eating. Foods...
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
Laxatives, Fiber, Bacteria and Your Health 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...
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...
Jun 25, 2015 | Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Health, Fiber, insoluble fiber, Legumes, soluble fiber
Sometimes the sheerest nonsense is put out about what foods are healthy versus unhealthy. Into that category I would now firmly put the strange and incorrect notion that legumes are unhealthy.This horribly unhelpful ‘advice’ appears to have originated with the Paleo...
May 20, 2013 | Fiber, insoluble fiber, Legumes, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
Over the past few years we’ve all seen products come onto the market promoting the importance of fiber in the American diet. Companies such as General Mills (who produce our favorite fiber source, Fiber One Original), boast that fiber is not only good for you...