Women need 25 grams of fiber per day, and men need 38 grams per day, according to the Institute of Medicine. Eating more plant foods -- vegetables, beans, fruit, whole grains, and nuts -- is the best way and is one of the recommendations from the U.S. government's 2015 Dietary Guidelines.
The epidermis is the outer (epi in Greek meaning over or upon) of the two layers that make up the skin (or cutis), the inner layer being the dermis.
The epidermis is made up of 4 cellular sublayers: 1  the basale stratum: the deepest layer of the epidermis. Produces germinative cells known as keratinocytes, melanocytes and Merkel cells. 2  the spinous layer. 3  the granular layer.  the horned layer: the outermost layer of the epidermis.