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...booster who boasted that he drank only U.S.-brewed ale, and Thomas Jefferson came over to that side as President. Both Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt assailed free trade. T.R.'s view: "Pernicious indulgence in the doctrine of free trade seems inevitably to produce fatty degeneration of the moral fiber...
...study of 44,000 males confirms that dietary fiber fights heart disease. Men who ate more than 25 g of fiber daily from fruits, vegetables and cereal reduced their risk of heart attack 36%. What's 25 g of fiber? One cup of bran, 11/2 cups of cooked beans or, gulp, seven apples...
What makes the results of such a large study unique, Rimm said, is that it considers influences by other factors such as fat intake and exercise, in addition to fiber intake...
...Most of the previous studies...have been in populations of 2,000 or less, so they weren't really measuring fiber [as opposed to] just lifestyle," Rimm said. "But in 44,000 men, you can tease out the differences...through statistical analysis...
...researchers studied various subgroups, including those with high-fat diets and low-fat diets, and noticed similar correlations of reduced heart disease to fiber intake, Rimm said...