Dietary Fiber: One of the Most Powerful Tools for Preventing Chronic Disease You can significantly reduce your risk of many of today’s most common chronic diseases simply by increasing your intake of dietary fiber. These include: Coronary heart disease Stroke High blood pressure High cholesterol Type 2 diabetes Colorectal cancer Breast cancer Fiber isn’t a “nice extra.” It’s a foundational nutrient for metabolic, cardiovascular, and digestive health. Landmark Research: Fiber and Longevity A major series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in The Lancet examined data from hundreds of studies involving millions of participants. The findings were striking: People who consumed the most dietary fiber, compared to those who consumed the least, experienced: 15–30% reduction in cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality 22% lower risk of stroke 16% lower risk of type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer 30% lower risk o…

“Controlling the triggers of age-related inflammation could extend healthspan.”–Yale School of Medicine. Allergies, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease—almost every American today is already suffering or will suffer at some point in their lifetimes from an inflammatory-related disease like these. But it doesn’t need to be that way! You can spot inflammation and subdue it before it gets out of control and leads to a chronic disease! What exactly is inflammation? Inflammation is the body’s healing response to injury, illness or infection. It brings heat and extra blood supplies where repairs are needed. After the job has been done, the inflammatory process should shut down.  But sometimes it doesn’t.  Instead, it smolders on, becoming chronic inflammation. Nutrient deficiencies and toxicities encourage chronic inflammatory fires that smolder and build until one day they flare up and burn out of control, producing disease. I…