I’ve bumped it up for sure, but reading how much you need vs what you get there’s still a gap. I have oatmeal for breakfast, greens/lentils for lunch and dinners vary and still it’s not enough. If you are feeling good then don’t worry, but if you would like to be more regular I found a couple spoonfuls of benefiber in my coffee in the morning does wonders.
Idk, you could still be causing long term damage. A 20 year old guy eating chicken nuggets everyday could be feeling good, but 30 years later they could be suffering serious heart and gut health problems for doing so.
I mean, if you’re eating chicken nuggets every single day, gut health is just one of many issues people could have, including heart disease, diabetes, peripheral neuroapathy, obesity, disability, etc. 20 year olds arnt immune to that. People really struggle with basic diet. I’m very lucky I was raised by a gardener. Home cooked fresh foods for the first 18 years and fast food feels like eating plastic. If I was raised eating junk food I probably wouldn’t know better.
I looked it up and entirely get it now. It’s like 35g to 40g of fiber, which is like a whole loaf of whole wheat bread, lol.
I meet the guideline still, albeit only on days I prep overnight oats. Chia seeds and flaxseed are key, truly a fiber bomb. Otherwise, even my lovely 100% whole wheat sandwich just now was only maybe 6g, tops. Lol
It’s not that we don’t have fiber sources in the supermarket (assuming you can access one, admittedly). We’ve got plenty of fresh fruits and veg, canned beans, etc.
It’s all the bullshit around the perimeter, and the highly-refined hyper-palatable versions of everything that often win out. We also have an education problem.
How? There’s so many good sources of fiber. What do people eat?
Or maybe even then, a supplement might help. But I have a good amount of fiber with most meals so idk…
I’ve bumped it up for sure, but reading how much you need vs what you get there’s still a gap. I have oatmeal for breakfast, greens/lentils for lunch and dinners vary and still it’s not enough. If you are feeling good then don’t worry, but if you would like to be more regular I found a couple spoonfuls of benefiber in my coffee in the morning does wonders.
Idk, you could still be causing long term damage. A 20 year old guy eating chicken nuggets everyday could be feeling good, but 30 years later they could be suffering serious heart and gut health problems for doing so.
I mean, if you’re eating chicken nuggets every single day, gut health is just one of many issues people could have, including heart disease, diabetes, peripheral neuroapathy, obesity, disability, etc. 20 year olds arnt immune to that. People really struggle with basic diet. I’m very lucky I was raised by a gardener. Home cooked fresh foods for the first 18 years and fast food feels like eating plastic. If I was raised eating junk food I probably wouldn’t know better.
I looked it up and entirely get it now. It’s like 35g to 40g of fiber, which is like a whole loaf of whole wheat bread, lol.
I meet the guideline still, albeit only on days I prep overnight oats. Chia seeds and flaxseed are key, truly a fiber bomb. Otherwise, even my lovely 100% whole wheat sandwich just now was only maybe 6g, tops. Lol
one of my favorite snacks is popcorn. that’s so fiberrific my doctors want me to eat less of it.
Have you seen an American supermarket?
It’s not that we don’t have fiber sources in the supermarket (assuming you can access one, admittedly). We’ve got plenty of fresh fruits and veg, canned beans, etc.
It’s all the bullshit around the perimeter, and the highly-refined hyper-palatable versions of everything that often win out. We also have an education problem.
I’ve just resorted to mixing benefiber into my coffee. My husband said it doesn’t work for him though.