Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. There are two types of fiber—soluble and insoluble, and ...

Most people are well aware that fiber is a nutrient we want to eat enough of. Fewer know that there are two distinct types: soluble fiber and insoluble fiber. Both play different—but equally ...

Did you start the new year with the goal of upping your nutrition game and ensuring you are taking your vitamins? Plenty of us did, but before you start compiling a supplement stack, dietitians say ...

Fruits are naturally high in fiber, a nutrient that comes with a host of benefits for gut health, heart health, digestion and weight loss. The plant-based carbohydrate can’t be digested, which is ...

From oats to beans to chicory root, each type of fiber acts differently inside the body. New research is revealing how fiber diversity shapes the microbiome—and why more isn’t always better. A variety ...

You’ve heard about them growing up, you’ve seen them on food packaging, and you’ve read about them in nutrition articles: Vitamins. You've probably heard common phrases like: "Take your vitamins,” ...

The water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C and vitamin B complex, which includes thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, folate, biotin, and cobalamin. Vitamins can be fat-soluble or ...

As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released in 2024, ...

Food scientists have reclassified dietary fibers -- beyond just soluble and insoluble -- to better guide nutritional decisions and drive targeted health food products. Australian food scientists have ...

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