How do I Add Benefiber?

Dietary fiber is a complex carbohydrate that helps push food through the digestive tract. The American Dietetic Association's daily recommended fiber intake is 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men. Getting adequate fiber in your diet can help alleviate digestive problems, control weight gain and lower your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. While fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods provide dietary fiber, most adults only get about half the recommended daily amount. Fortunately, supplements like Benefiber can help increase fiber in your diet.

Things You'll Need

• Benefiber Powder
• Benefiber Stick Packs
• Benefiber Chewables
• Benefiber Caplets

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Instructions

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  Increase your dietary fiber intake slowly to avoid upsetting your digestive tract. The American Dietetic Association warns that increasing fiber intake too quickly may cause gas, bloating, cramps, diarrhea or constipation. Allow your body time to adjust while adding Benefiber. Begin by adding 1 teaspoon up to three times daily to your diet until you feel comfortable ingesting a full serving.

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  Dissolve Benefiber Powder in hot or cold beverages or add to soft foods. Benefiber Powder dissolves completely in hot and cold foods and beverages without altering the taste or texture. Add it to coffee, tea, milk, water, juice, soups, stews, pudding, applesauce and a variety of other soft foods and beverages.

• 3

  Flavor 4 to 8 ounces of water with Benefiber Stick Packs, which deliver a full serving of Benefiber. The Stick Packs come in the original, taste-free form, as well as a variety of fruit flavors.

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  Add the fiber you need with Benefiber Chewables. Sugar-free Benefiber Chewables come in an assortment of flavors. Persons 12 and older may chew up to nine caplets daily to boost their fiber intake.

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  Take advantage of the added vitamins B-6, B-12 and folic acid in Benefiber Plus Heart Health Caplets. The makers of Benefiber recommend that adults and children 12 and older swallow three caplets with liquid up to three times daily.