The F Factor: Fiber!

Here at That's Fit, our F-Factor stands for fitness, but there's another F-Factor that's just as important -- Fiber! Fiber is an important part of a healthy diet -- are you getting enough? You might, but if you're relying on your high-fibre cereal to provide all your fibre, you might not be consuming as much as you should. Salads, for example, have little fibre, but linguine with clam sauce has 10 grams. Cereal is a good source

That's the premise behind The F-Factor Diet by Tanya Zuckerbrot. She suggests that we get between 30 and 35 g of fiber a day -- and your cereal might only pack 5 or 6 grams. yikes! And that whole-grain bread? It has about the same -- or less. But Zuckerbrot's book has a variety of yummy and fiber-rich recipes that can help you get your daily intake, and take off a few pounds in the process too!

How do you get your fiber?