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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] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As some people here already know since I talk about it endlessly, I have a weird medical condition where I have not eating solid foods in almost a year now. You have no idea how much fiber you need just to have decent bowel functions when you start at a base of zero.

I drink four cans of V8 and take 2 Metamucil capsules a day to get me up to about 30g. Still less than the recommended amount, but it's all I can manage at the moment.

Before that, there were a couple of times when the constipation was so painful that I literally started yelling, "OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK!"

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Do not jump straight to this fiber intake if you are eating way under it. Gradually alter your diet to meet it. You will experience some discomfort if you don't.

You know that old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away? Apples are a great source of fiber.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fiber should be the principle and perhaps only macro nutrient most people interested in improving their health and weight should track. If you are consuming enough fiber, you are necessarily eating a large volume of healthy, calorie-poor food, and it becomes a challenge to overeat at all. Once you've got your fiber intake high enough you can basically eat anything you want in addition to that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I think I've started reaching this amount recently since I've changed my diet and started eating more oatmeal and fruits/vegetables. With that said, fiber can actually cause problems for some people, it can cause bloating/pain for some people even with adequate water intake to match the fiber.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Your body needs time to adjust, you should work your way up to it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I started using complex fiber supplements (as in whole dried ground foods with multiple sources and types of fiber) about a month ago, honestly life changing, cannot recommend enough.

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

...i parsed that as 'once a month' and pondered your ensuing lifestyle...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wow, why such a discrepancy between men and women?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does the USDA recommend single mode or multi mode?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i started being mindful of eating more fibre a year or so ago, and dear god it's amazing to be able to just trust my bowels and barely ever have to think about type 2 toilet visits.

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