• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    1 day ago

    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.

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      19 hours ago

      If you are feeling good then don’t worry,

      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.

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        8 hours ago

        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.

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      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