Fill up with Fiber

Fill up with Fiber

What’s all the fuss about fiber?

How much fiber should we eat?

Where does fiber come from?

Does fiber really improve our health?

Can fiber help us lose weight?

Core Principles & Activities

Work down the page through the videos and links.

Key Concepts

This first video is the complete session recorded live from our virtual class on March 24, 2021.

The subsequent videos were specifically recorded and edited, covering the same material. Take your pick on what works best for you!

Feel free to watch the videos on YouTube, where you can speed me up! To do so click on the YouTube logo in the bottom right of the videos. You might need to copy and paste the link.

These are videos on similar material recorded specifically for the web page and edited into shorter segments.

Featured Recipe for this Session

Watch, Read and Do! (Homework)

15 ways to Use and Cook with Canned Beans!

Learn about Whole Grains!

Expand Your Understanding!

(Additional optional activities to help enhance your understanding of this lesson.)

Type 2 Diabetes and Fiber; a fun interactive module.

Watch Dr. Ornish explain the food spectrum of healthy, and not so healthy foods. See his list below the video.

Ready for a laugh? Watch this video on beans!

Even though we may at times seem to be emphasizing weight loss, the real issue is your health. Being overweight may just be the tip of the iceberg, increasing your risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and many other illnesses.

Watch Hans Diehl on the Veggie Channel:

Heart Disease

See the rest of his videos

See more encouraging stories from:

Forks over Knives

CHIP

Dining by the Traffic Light

Lifestyle Medicine: Why am I Interested?

Forks Over Knives

Is the fiber theory wrong?

The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs

Lighten Up