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Why YSK: fiber is important for optimal human health. It helps us avoid diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer, obesity, and other diseases. This is particularly important in developed countries such as mine (USA) that are suffering greatly from these diseases.

The recommended daily fiber intake is 25g for women and 38g for men in the USA, and 95% of us don't meet this amount. This suggests an urgent need for us to increase our daily fiber intake, which can be achieved by swapping out ultra-processed foods and animal foods that are void of fiber with whole plant foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Here’s my unsolicited recipe for overnight oats, you sweet, fiber-deficient lemmies:

1/4 cup steel cut oats, 1 Tbsp chia seeds, a glob of honey, 1/8 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 3/4 cup of milk, then in the morning add 1/4 cup crushed walnuts and a ton of blueberries.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I hate when recipes mix units. How many cups are a ton?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know, right? Let me help you out with that.

A ton is 907 kg approximately, and the weight of a cup of blueberries, while varying, is around 148 g or 0.148 kg.

That means the above recipe calls for around 6128 cups of blueberries. And at 3.6 g per cup of blueberries that's ~22000 g of fiber or 628 times your recommended daily intake for men, or 880 for women!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I kind of feel like it would be a smidge too blueberry-y.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

For anyone wonfering this seems to be ~8g of fiber (plus ~19440g for one ton of blueberries) based on this database, which seems to source basic data from the USDA.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I just struggle with finishing my ton of blueberries before they spoil :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Here's my muffin recipe, but you can really omit the applesauce and use pretty much any fruit you like for flavor. Do keep the bananas though or the texture will be really wrong. It's good with a tbsp of chia seeds added, oats added, etc. I make my own yogurt and when I make cheese out of it I replace all the liquids (except oil) with the leftover whey and they come out gloriously soft and fluffy that way. Whole Wheat flour is really high calorie though so I'm open to suggestions for something to replace it with if anyone has any ideas.

Long story short I've messed with this recipe in so many ways and it has turned out great every time except the time I didn't have bananas and uses avocado instead. It's very forgiving so do it your way.

Muffin recipe

2 ripe mashed bananas

1 chopped apple

Flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax, 2.5 tbsp water, mix and let set while you prepare the other ingredients)

1 tbsp olive or avocado oil

1/4 to 1/2 C oat or soy milk or cow milk or whey

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce

1 C whole wheat flour

1 C wheat bran

1tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

1 tbsp chia seeds

You can sub oat bran for wheat bran if you can find anyone selling it.

  1. Preheat oven to 350 (or don't if using a convection oven)
  2. Lightly spray muffin tin with avocado oil
  3. Add banana, oil, milk, vanilla, applesauce, flax egg into mixing bowl and stir well.
  4. Add dry ingredients plus chopped apple to another bowl and mix well. Don't add walnuts at this step.
  5. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. Add extra applesauce or milk if it's a little dry.
  6. Add to muffin pan in 12 equal portions. Add walnuts to the top and press them in a little or they'll fall off when the muffins are done.
  7. Bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
  8. Cool for a few minutes before removing from pan.
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can't seem to get it together to do the night before, so I make morning oats

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I normally make a few portions at once since imo they have better texture anyway if you give them two+ days to absorb moisture. I try to make another portion every day, but since I have a few in the fridge it gives me breathing room if I’m feeling lazy any particular day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I've been doing: 1/2 cup old fashioned oats 1 cup flavored kefir 1 Tbsp chia 1 Tbsp ground flax As many blueberries as I can cram in with the rest in a 1 pint mason jar

It's... Fine. I've been considering adding half Greek yogurt and half kefir, but I'm already desperate for more sugar in the recipe.

Maybe a splash of honey will be my next step

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Those blueberries will make you shit something fierce.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Too much effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

do you need chia seeds for overnight oats?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

No, but they are a nice addition if you like them with the added benefit of more fiber, oils, and minerals. They do help thicken everything up, so if you aren’t going to add them maybe use less milk unless you like it soupy.