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...distorted by improvements in diagnosis. Nevertheless, Burkitt and his colleagues believe that the increases in these diseases are real, and were caused by a change in the type of food eaten in developed countries, particularly in food that reaches the large bowel with the least change: indigestible fiber, the roughest of roughage. Until about 1890, they say, the pound of bread that average Britons and Americans ate every day contained much indigestible fiber; because of more elaborate milling techniques, bread now contains less fiber and people are eating less of it. This, the researchers say, has affected both the frequency...
...directly related to a diet rich in such highly refined carbohydrates as white flour and sugar. Tumors, both benign and malignant, are related to biochemical and bacterial changes caused by long retention of feces. As for heart disease: "Evidence is accumulating that shows that the removal of fiber from the diet raises serum cholesterol levels, a process that predisposes to coronary heart disease...
...short, the Burkitt team says, the physiological function of cereal fiber has been largely ignored because the fiber supplies no calories and has scarcely any nutritional value. Now, if the scientists' findings are confirmed, the time has come to rely not on commercial chemical laxatives but on nature's own brands -root vegetables, unpolished rice and such other unprocessed cereals as wheat, corn, barley and oats-to put fiber back into the diet of modern...
...true to form that this man who removed honor, dignity and outright cash from his office as President would deny his countrymen the peace of knowing that their great constitutional processes had worked justly. How tragic that a President of the United States had not the moral fiber to provide us with a moment of truth...
...know. At the Kennedy Center last Tuesday night, watching All the King's Men, based on the story of Huey Long, corruption of public officials and impeachment proceedings, he wondered to himself if this was what politics always came to-the loss of ethics and moral fiber...