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Running head: WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE A HIGH- FIBER DIET
Why You Should Have a High- Fiber Diet
Felicia J Town
Devry University
English
112
Carol Cujec
Aug 09, 2009
Why You Should Have a High- Fiber Diet
POW-POP-POP-POP! My body jolted in the air from the violent expansion that played in my stomach. I slithered out of my rack (for you non-Navy folks, a rack is a bed on a ship) and crept my clothes on. POW-POP-POP-POP! “OO,” was the only sound that I could audibly display. I heaved my body up the ladderwell (stairs) as the fireworks in my intestines became an old western showdown. After I painted the portrait of my agonizing adventure, the medical ward staff rushed me to the X- ray; it was possible that I had appendicitis. As time dragged, anxiety anchored my heart. Was I about to die? The corpsman came out of the developing room with my results in hand. “Do you have regular bowel movements, are you getting enough fiber?” she inquired. I informed her that my fiber consumption had drastically depleted because the fruit on the ship was battered and bruised, and my lettuce was destined to become a butterfly; the lettuce was infested with caterpillars. She illuminated my results on the screen. “How can I say this in a pleasant matter? Felicia you’re f.o.s.” Don’t strain your brain for the meaning of f.o.s, it stands for “full of s.” I’m pretty sure that you can figure out what the last word is. I was given a laxative and sent on my way. I underwent the same distress for the next couple of days. That prompted me to research a natural resolution on encouraging smooth sailing of my bowel movements.
According to Tom White, a natural health expert, most North Americans don’t get enough fiber in their diets (2009). Many people many hiss at the word “diet” because the context in which it is used is not understood. A diet is not only a regime people use to lose weight but is also what is consumed regularly. You can have a diet that consists of only donuts but is...