Butter vs Plant Oils: What The Latest Evidence Shows

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In today’s email we cover butter vs plant oils, slow jogging, and the idea of counting fiber instead of counting calories.

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10 Unexpected Benefits Of Slow Jogging

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How To Get Your RDA Of Plant Diversity Without Even Trying

At 10almonds we’ve often written about the importance of a) eating more plants (very few Americans are getting anywhere near enough fiber), and b) getting a good diversity of plants, for a full coverage of polyphenols and more.

And yet, it can be easy to get stuck in a rut of cooking the same few meals in rotation, and breaking that routine for a new recipe once in a while can feel like a lot of effort, and then the next day, you have to figure out what to cook… Again. Does it ever end?

We believe (this writer strongly believes!) cooking and eating should be a joy of life, not a chore.

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One-Minute Book Review

The Fiber Effect: Stop Counting Calories and Start Counting Fiber for Better Health – by Nichole Dandrea-Russert

The author, a registered dietician-nutritionist (RDN), brings to this work her decades of professional experience specializing in heart disease, diabetes, sports nutrition, and women’s health—and it shows.

The main premise is, of course “eat more fiber”, but she also talks us through what happens if we don’t, and how very many people (including 95% of Americans) suffer the consequences of a fiber-deficient diet, usually without even knowing that that’s the reason.

This book details the many different kinds of fiber (which is one of the reasons for consuming a wide variety of plants, not just one or two star-performers), what they do, what we need to prioritize for what, and more.

The recipes, of which there are 40 (enough to furnish us with a 14-day meal plan, which she does) are plant-based and varied.

The style is energetic and friendly, with plenty of (well-referenced) scientific information, but little-to-no jargon.

Bottom line: if you’d like to improve your fiber intake, then this book can help you supercharge that!

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Wishing you the very best of health every day, in every way,

The 10almonds Team