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High-Fiber Diet

Also indexed as:Fiber Diets, High-Fiber Diets
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Resources for This Diet

High Fiber, High Flavor: Delicious Recipes for Good Health by Rosemary Moon, Toronto: Firefly Books, 2000.

The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2000.

366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains by Andrea Chesman, New York: Plume, 1998.

The Corinne T. Netzer Fiber Counter by Corinne T. Netzer, New York: Dell Books, 1994.

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