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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Eat More Fiber Part 3

Growing Healthy Kids

Fiber is important for the health of the digestive system and for lowering cholesterol." --University of California San Francisco (ucsfhealth.org) Are you getting about 35 grams of dietary fiber a day? Our digestive system, to be specific. Yes, I am talking about bowel movements. The plumbing, that is.

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Decoding Peptides: The Body’s Little Helpers

Designs for Health

Providing the body with adequate nutrients is as important as participating in planned movement. Amino acids are known to be the “building blocks for proteins” because when protein is consumed at a meal, the body’s digestive system breaks proteins apart into amino acids. lysine, glutamine, taurine).