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[navi tasan]

Can one say:
1-Fiber is a way apples help us stay healthy.
instead of:

2-Providing us with fiber is a way apples help us stay healthy.


Gratefully,
Navi.

[emsr2d2]

Can one say:
1-Fiber is a way apples help us stay healthy.
instead of:

2-Providing us with fiber is a way apples help us stay healthy.


Gratefully,
Navi.

No. "Fiber is a way ..." isn't natural English.

With sentence 2, I would prefer "Providing us with fiber is one way [that] apples help us [to] stay healthy".