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Fiber Question?


Can someone explain to me what:

Fiber is?
Dietary Fiber is?
Soluble Fiber is?
Insoluble Fiber is?

And also what they do for your body?
If there are 6 grams of fiber, and 3 grams of soluble fiber, is the rest all insoluble fiber, or... what? crazy world. @_@

Everything you want to know about fiber:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber

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