Your Weight Loss Weapon

..... F I B E R.

Embrace your barn flakes because FIBER is the next diet craze.

Fiber blocks calorie absorption by keeping the intestines from breaking down the caloric parts of your food. According to study, women who doubled fiber intake from 12 to 24g per day absorbed 90 fewer calories- that could add up to 10 pounds lost in a year.

To get your roughage requirement, check food labels for the word "whole", as in whole wheat or whole grain; eat the skin on your veggies; get your fruit from fresh or frozen, but not juive, which is virtually fiber-free; and eat a bowl of fiber-rich cereal.