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O.K., Bright, I'm looking at my trusty Benefiber bottle now. I have the unflavored dissolvable powder. It is tasteless and mixes into anything..food or drink, hot or cold.

It says...Benefiber Fiber Supplement (from ex-lax corp.). Use 1 1/2 to 3 tablespoons per day. It is a plant fiber (derived from guar gum)..a natural fiber. It is manufactured by Novartis.

They even have a website www.benefiber.com and 800# 1-800-452-0051

So now you can order you a case of it. LOL

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Good ole' Marie to the rescue... thanks for that info! I wonder how many grams of fiber are in a handful of mini-wheats?

Kaleigh, Ive been chewing 2 before my protien shake in the morning.

Becareful, too many too quickly may cause stomach trouble! Gradually increase.

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just tried EVERYWHERE in my local mall - including two health food shops and they were baffled at the idea of a fibre supplement!!! Just eat bran, they told me!!! Gee thanks! They only had "Beneflora" which is a probiotic thing so no luck! I'll try Dublin city at the weekend! sigh!

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I usually only take 1-2 per day. Depends on if I ate any fiber that day. Some days I don't take them at all.

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Paula, the frosted shredded wheat box is showing:

1 cup of shredded wheat has 5 grams of fiber.

Just watch about drinking a lot of Water shortly after you eat the dry Cereal....it expands. LOL

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Bought some of the Benefiber chewables last night, Orange flavor, tried one and it was not to bad. Will try and take 1 daily for a while and then maybe increase.

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So 1 cup of mini wheat thins has 5 gm's of fiber - and the benefiber chewables has 1 gm per tablet. (recommended dosage is 3 at a time)

hmmmmmm......

The mini wheat thins may be the better choice here (certainly less money)

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Marie, you're a pet - thanks a million for the offer - I'll trek around here a bit more & see if I can find them, if not, I may take you up on it! Thanks so much xx

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I got my Benefiber tablets today and just took 2 of them. They have a nice orangy flavor, but a weird texture. But for 6 grams of soluble fiber in 2, I'll get past the texture. :(

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Kellygirl, my bottle says that the serving size is 3 tablets and 3 grams of fiber per serving(not per tablet). So, for me, that means each tablet is 1 gram of fiber.

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