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Dear Mend-A-Guru:

I was at the Rejuvenation Conference this past weekend and it was mentioned that you should accompany any “cheat” with fiber.  It was also mentioned that processed fiber like Benefiber could be used.  Please share your thoughts on this as I am interested in knowing if this means we can eliminate having the traditional fiber from fruits/vegetables if we start sprinkling or mixing this into our foods?

Mend-A-Guru:

Great question!  Lots of our foods that we carry in our grocery line contain high amounts of fiber as well.  It is important to note that you are getting WAY more than just fiber from the whole foods like an apple or broccoli source.  You are getting a great and varied amount of nutrients from mixing up sources frequently.  We encourage folks living healthy to not be too much of creatures of habit with what they pattern for purposes of rounding off nutrition sources and also keeping food fun and interesting.  Weight loss experts do know that some of the most common reasons folks go back to eating poorly is from boredom and/or “shortcuts” to nutrition that abandon the sound main principles of healthy eating.  We would simply state that the Benefiber and other similar products plus processed foods (like certain cereals) can be considered bonus fiber but the recommendation is to anchor any meals, including “cheats” with a real mother nature fiber source

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