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Pooping Your Way to Weight Loss?

Pooping Your Way to Weight Loss?
I came across the headline, 'Pooping your way to weight loss' . I could not resist, as I must investigate on any potential myth. It is my 'duty'. Weight Loss Through Pooping Low fecal weight (i.e. poop) and slow bowel transit times are a health risk, being positively associated with cancer risk. 1 This concern is why dietary fiber is so important (see below), to increase the fecal weight – leading to less 'poop' being leftover...
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Glucomannan: A 'Super-Fiber'?

Glucomannan: A 'Super-Fiber'?
Glucomannan, the famous 'super-fiber' got a major boost this March (2015), when a review promoted its benefit in weight loss. However, a lot has happened since then! To some degree, this is an update to a previous blog on Fiber and Weight Loss . As noted in that blog, certain products, such as Skinny Fiber , endorse an incredible 'sponge-like' effect that apparently can absorb anything from water, to fat, to evil spirits.  Glucomannan (GM) This sponge-like...
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Does Eating Bananas Cause Belly Fat?

Does Eating Bananas Cause Belly Fat?
This one drives me bananas. I have done the research, but am not 100% sure where this fallacy came from. Maybe someone saw a monkey with a big belly eating a banana, and made the connection? I once saw an overweight man eating a salad, and have not touched one since. In all seriousness, there is one theory as to why this fallacy may exist, and understanding it will help you with similar fallacies in other...
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Fiber and Weight Loss

Fiber and Weight Loss
Claiming a scientific formulation, fiber supplements, such as  Skinny Fiber , have been promoted alongside other fad supplements to promote weight loss in those who take it. Some resellers are even using common exaggerated wording to claim that the product acts like a "magic sponge" to "swallow up fat" and 30%–40% of everything you digest. Glucomannan This 'sponge-like' effect most likely comes from the overly-hyped ingredient in Skinny Fiber is glucomannan (amorphophallus konjac), which contains a soluble,...
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