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.
Layers of the Epidermis. The epidermis is made up of 95% keratinocytes but also contains melanocytes, Langerhans cells, Merkel cells, and inflammatory cells.The stratum basale is primarily made up of basal keratinocyte cells, which can be considered the stem cells of the epidermis.