Re: Fiber Supplements as discussed in The South Beach Diet

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In a message dated 1/2/2006 8:02:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,

horg@... writes:

I would

think that if someone's body gets accustomed to having a certain amount of

anything --

even natural fiber -- to help it accomplish its daily functions, that this

extra support or

" encouragement " might have the effect of weakening the body's own natural

systems that

already are in place.

I don't think that happens but I think a person's idea of what is regular

gets changed. Ask any smoker who has recently quit and I'm sure they'll

complain

of a change in bathroom function. If you do something (like take a fiber

supplement) regularly and then stop, it may take a while to return to your state

of normal but it most likely won't have any permanent affect.

So, you're not weakening anything, you just may not remember what is normal

for you.