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From: smuga@mtuxo.UUCP (j.smuga)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Dietary Fiber
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 14:02:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 14:02:30 1985
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Jane Brody's Nutrition Book (1981) has a chapter on fiber that
includes the following statement:

	"However, finely ground wood fiber used in some breads 
	is constipating."

I don't know what grounds Brody had for that claim; generally I rely
on her book for sound information.
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