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From: mrl@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.veg
Subject: Re: Alpha cellulose and "High Fibre" Bread
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Date: Sat, 12-Apr-86 01:49:55 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 12 01:49:55 1986
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Reply-To: sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Organization: University of Chicago, Department of Physics
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Summary: 

>It makes no difference whether the fiber you ingest is in the form of
>bran, Metamucil, or wood chips.

I would like to see some basis for this claim.  Just because bran
and wood chips both contain cellulose doesn't mean that the form
of the cellulose is the same; and if it isn't, how do you know
that one form won't have deleterious effects that the other doesn't
have?
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					Scott Anderson
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