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Fiber supplements fail to replicate whole foods

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Stirring gritty orange powder into a glass of water is a desperate attempt to bypass eating a salad. While it adds bulk, isolated supplements lack the complex matrix of nutrients naturally present in a handful of actual vegetables. You are treating a vital dietary component like a quick-fix plumbing chemical rather than eating actual food.

Fiber supplements fail to replicate whole foods
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