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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Dietary Fiber
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 22:30:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 22:30:33 1985
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	According to this week's New York Times, the source of fiber in many
high fiber breads/foods is Wood Pulp.
	Not only is wood pulp a legally acceptable source of fiber (cellulose)
but it is also legal to label such products as 'All-natural', since trees fall
in that category.
	Not only that, there is probably nothing medically wrong with getting
dietary fiber in that form.  It is more or less chemically indistinguishable,
and well worth eating, since consuming Fiber in lieu of other things is good
for your health.
	So: the above is just for your information, and some of you are 
probably cursing me out under your breath for ruining the taste of your food.
Don't worry - you'll get over it.  :-)

-- 

				Craig Werner
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                     "The end. 94. 95. The very, very, very end."