I’m SO glad you made this video. It’s crazy how little fiber we eat in our diets today, at least in the US. And I heard in another reputable science channel that it’s not just one fiber, but hundreds, when you look at them closely. And different microbiota need different fiber. That’s why it’s important to have a diverse diet of many types of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, oh, and mushrooms. Another oncologist out of University of California said 8-9 cups of these per person per day is what is needed to support the microbiome.
I did a 2 week fruit and veggies cleanse a while back and felt great, digestion improved etc. One of the main reasons is I was actually getting enough fiber. He is 100 percent correct that most Americans don't.
Great video on the importance of our gut microbiome. Fiber, fiber, fiber is needed. I personally have an adverse reaction to most antibiotics. Fermented food also helps in keeping you gut microbiome balanced. 👍
I loved this video. It provides real data and information. I recently saw another video, recommending not to eat grains and to load on meat and eggs. It's hard for a consumer to find the correct information when some MDs have an agenda. The information just seems so discombobulated when every video you watch contra indicates the next one. Thank you, Doctor Mike.
Crazy how much more we know about how the body works! I try to stay up to date but without the in depth magazine articles that were more common even just 10 years ago its been hard to know what is solid science backed information Nothing new in fiber is good for you but knowing all these why’s makes it easier for me
Couldn't agree more. We need *more* fiber and a *wider variety* of fiber, too! The later might even be more important than the quantity when it comes to building a healthy microbiota. It's also important to note that folks who have *lost tolerance to fiber* (common w/ IBS and SIBO, among other conditions) need to focus on building their tolerance again gradually. The answer is NOT to cut out fiber forever (ex. carnivore diet).
@@DoctorMikeHansen also as it relates to milk allergies and the intestinal wall My teen just eats it anyway and I am worried he'll be getting idk something like Crohn's disease later on. When they're little you can feed them all of the good stuff and keep away all milk, but once they know what actual pizza mozzarella cheese is like at school events or birthdays, or real ice cream their health (and awful pain from the ulcerlike allergic internal hives response to milk)... goes out the window: they don't care. We think our health is so sound as young people.... When you talked about leaky gut and fiber, I was thinking about this the whole time, (in context of milk allergies).
@@DoctorMikeHansen hey doctor don’t mean to bother you in this Morning but is a sore stomach when you tap on it a symptom of low vitamin d because I taking 50.000 vitamin D because I told I have low vitamin d but I also having a sore stomach
@@dariusacquilwarren5230 Consider doing some research on RDA for Vitamin D. Also, the form recommended for supplemental dosing (I think you'll find it's D3).
Love from Bangkok Thailand .. Hi ..Dr. Mike Thank you for the informative video so .. very Awesome work ...and congratulation on passing 1 million Subscribers wooo
Thanks Dr. Hansen, This latest topic videos are a huge help for me in making changes to my diet for better health. I'm truly appreciative. I wish you were here in Toronto, Canada so I could have you as one of my doctors. You would be able to help me with asthma and diet to. Hey, that might be an idea? How types of food effect our bodies negatively and positively. Keep Safe and Always Inspiring, Matt - Toronto, Canada
New to your channel, and genuinely love your videos. I've been on a health kick since struggling with my digestion, and I am the type who wants to know a little of the science of why I need to eat certain nutrients and foods. These videos are practical for people without any medical background but who have a serious interest in their health and body. Great video!!
I think I'd like to go on a guided field trip, maybe 4-6 people with one nutitionist, prowling a supermarket after hours so we could actually see and feel what our choices should or should not be. All different, but all guided. It is one thing to see a video, quite another to go hands on and drill in the actual memory.
Here in Scotland, many people live off a daily diet of take-aways with resulting negative health outcomes. Trying to persuade people to buy (often much cheaper) fresh fruit and vegetables is almost an impossibility.
If they could be forced to eat natural foods minus animal products and oil for ten days, they would feel the difference and many would change. Laziness is also a huge part of the problem these days. Nobody wants to cook.
Thank you doctor Mike. I really need this right now. The other channel emphasized keto and I am not into it. And now I understand why all the protein from animal that I try to eat doesn't help much.
@Doctor Mike Hansen -- is leaky gut a real thing or a real diagnosis? Like would there be an insurance code for or would it be described in The Merck Manual? Or what do you mean by the term? An ex-girlfriend said she had it but it sounded more like diverticulitis with anxiety issues. TY in advance.
I switched to a high fiber, whole food, plant based diet almost two years ago. I lost 60 lbs in my first year and have maintained it with no effort whatsoever. I look and feel better than I have in my whole life and Im 48. Focus on Fiber and Protein.
Great info, thank you, I am a truck driver and I try to eat healthy but as a truck driver I can't always get to a better place to eat, any recommendations? And can yogurt help with it? If so can you recommend some? Thank you.
I’m down with all those items except the bread/rice as I am working on reducing insulin response with a wearable CGM. Where does the orange powder fiber therapy fit in?
Why get fiber from a supplement when you can get it from a variety of real foods? Foods that contain fiber tend to also have other essential nutrients, such as magnesium, potassium, and phytonutrients. Additionally, many nutrients have synergistic properties - they provide little or no benefit by themselves but are much more potent when combined with certain other nutrients. For every known nutrient out there, there are likely many other unknown ones that may not be discovered for centuries.
So many questions, do you have to eat breads? I am celiac and obese. Trying to do a keto type diet where I am eating no bread or flour of any kind. I need more information.
I am sorry but I do not believe this is correct. Many people with complicated dysbiosis get significantly sicker when eating lots of fiber. Removing fiber and going zero carb actually helps most of these people. For the average person fiber is great, but for someone with complex autoimmune/leaky gut dysbiosis related issues, fiber is a disaster.
Totally agree. Carnivore is the way to go. Metabolically poor health, leaky gut and autoimmune issues vanish on Carnivore Diet. This video is based on erroneous assumptions that are being taught in medical schools. Very unfortunate
Just find you on youtube. Subscribed! Great video. Is there anything about fiber supplements you wanna/could share with us? As of psyllium husk? Metamucil? Ect ect.. Thank you again! 👌🏾👍🏾
IVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY GUT FOR A GOOD YEAR everything i eat comes right out in less than 2 mins or id be in pain from eating anything really i just started this plant base diet and its ok but my stomach still cant hold it all long enough
Should also be mentioned that the reason some cancer therapies work on some people but not on others seems to have to do with microbiome diversity, and people with a better diversity have better results. These are very recent studies, more will be investigated, but this does seem to be what the findings show. So yeah, eat those prebiotics.
You got that from a max podcast, it's unproven yet it holds weight. However pro, post and prebiotics aren't the only way to get a more adjusted diverse microbiome it's just the most talked about
This is a very important topic for me. I have had constipation issues for most of my life, although I only realize this in retrospect. I already have been getting plenty of fiber in my diet and drink plenty of water, and lately I started to eat fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt, since many findings over the last decade show that eating fermented food regularly can have an even bigger impact on gut health than regularly eating fiber. But even if I have good bowel movements one day, it doesn't last very long. I always go back to having a streak of constipated days. I've learned that there is a strong associated with having ADHD, and having digestion issues. Something about the genetic makeup of certain ADHD people, like me, gives them issues with the gut.
I went grain free and my decades old, chronic back pain disappeared in just 2 days! So many reasons not to eat wheat, corn and even limit ancient grains to occasional consumption..
Unfortunately that's not for everyone !! I have immune reaction for fiber for a while because of infections and I only thing I had was carnivore 😁😁 ! So that's video not the whole solutions or even the whole story about gut disorders
Man, I have chronic intermittent constipation that doesn't respond to anything. I thought my codeine use was making it worse but I have to quit every 3 months for my drug tests & that's not the case. Even in acute withdrawals no pooping was happening last month even after 7 days clean. I eat Fiber All cereal every couple days, drink 1 gallon of water per day (minimum) & exercise but it does nothing. Then I'll be in a state of relative normalcy for no reason. Probiotics just make me feel tired & borderline sick. Could endometriosis be the cause? I've been this way my whole life but I really thought the painkillers were playing a bigger role than they are.
There has been no study that demonstrate that fiber reduces colon cancer. AAMF, the nursing study, a longitudinal study of some 30,000 nurses, showed no statistically significant relationship between fiber intake and reduction in colon cancer. This guy plays it on the edge sometimes.
Very fact vegans and vegetarian countries far far lower rates of colon cancer may be sufficient . Aside from carcinogenic properties of processed red meat , it has little insoluble fiber compared to a vegetarian diet.
This video recommends 30 to 35 grams per day. Is it just me, or does that seem rather low? I've used Cronometer to do spot checks on my diet. Even in the most oppressively hot weather (95+ degrees) when I was eating only around 1600 calories per day (under the conventional 4/9/4 formula), my daily fiber intake was in the mid-40s. On a bitterly cold winter day when I ate around 3200 calories (under the conventional 4/9/4 formula), I ate close to 90 grams of fiber. In other words, I consume around 28 grams of fiber per 1000 calories. I've read that at least 14 grams of fiber per 1000 calories is recommended, so I consume about double what's recommended.
I've found that a small amount of psyllium (the usual 5 capsule dose, sometimes a little more) keeps a particular overgrowth problem in check. This coupled with acidophilus and maybe an occasional multi-strain probiotic dose (say monthly or as needed), fixes most gastro issues. On occasion (e.g. taco bell nights), a little "beano" helps. On the other hand, anything with methylcellulose or large dose of gluten or fructans in it causes massive bad effects, so I avoid those.
What about the people saying your gut microbes can adjust to whatever you get them used to, including 0 fibre.its not black and white, anyone saying this is good that is bad is wrong.Everyone preaches to eat healthy but we don't even know what is healthy, medicine is so farr off what it could become, until then , it's a stumble in the dark guessing things, guessing!
Okay I don’t understand why people do so well on carnivore and without any fiber? They cure autoimmune diseases and so on. Such conflicting info. How to know who is right ?
Avoiding fiber and carbs for last 4 years made me the healthiest in my life. Keto is the only way. Adding fiber to your diet is like adding more cars to a traffic jam in order to make it less jammed. Not recommended.
I’m SO glad you made this video. It’s crazy how little fiber we eat in our diets today, at least in the US. And I heard in another reputable science channel that it’s not just one fiber, but hundreds, when you look at them closely. And different microbiota need different fiber. That’s why it’s important to have a diverse diet of many types of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, oh, and mushrooms. Another oncologist out of University of California said 8-9 cups of these per person per day is what is needed to support the microbiome.
Getting an instant pot and a steamer pot are the best ways to increase fiber in your diet
@@gtrfreak how? Tq
Every doctor ‘preaches’ fiber but not one ever explained it in such a way! Thanks!
Congratulations on passing 1 Million Subscribers! Awesome work, always look forward to your videos!
Thank you so much 😀
Terrific video as gut health is finally being recognized by many more doctors for it's importance
I did a 2 week fruit and veggies cleanse a while back and felt great, digestion improved etc. One of the main reasons is I was actually getting enough fiber. He is 100 percent correct that most Americans don't.
What did you eat for your cleanse and what about meals
But notice how he never even mentioned fruits as one of the best sources of fiber on his list, which’s really odd.
@@RoyalPurpleStar he also ignored yoghurt
Your timing couldn’t be better! I was just looking for something like this earlier today. Amazing content as always!
Great video on the importance of our gut microbiome. Fiber, fiber, fiber is needed. I personally have an adverse reaction to most antibiotics. Fermented food also helps in keeping you gut microbiome balanced. 👍
I love that you pin pointed that. Me too.
I loved this video. It provides real data and information. I recently saw another video, recommending not to eat grains and to load on meat and eggs. It's hard for a consumer to find the correct information when some MDs have an agenda. The information just seems so discombobulated when every video you watch contra indicates the next one. Thank you, Doctor Mike.
Crazy how much more we know about how the body works! I try to stay up to date but without the in depth magazine articles that were more common even just 10 years ago its been hard to know what is solid science backed information
Nothing new in fiber is good for you but knowing all these why’s makes it easier for me
Couldn't agree more. We need *more* fiber and a *wider variety* of fiber, too! The later might even be more important than the quantity when it comes to building a healthy microbiota. It's also important to note that folks who have *lost tolerance to fiber* (common w/ IBS and SIBO, among other conditions) need to focus on building their tolerance again gradually. The answer is NOT to cut out fiber forever (ex. carnivore diet).
Can you do a full video on healing leaky gut. It’s a tough condition to heal.
Thanks Doc for that video. Very informative indeed. It would be nice to get info on IBS as well in one of your future videos.
Noted!
@@DoctorMikeHansen also as it relates to milk allergies and the intestinal wall
My teen just eats it anyway and I am worried he'll be getting idk something like Crohn's disease later on.
When they're little you can feed them all of the good stuff and keep away all milk, but once they know what actual pizza mozzarella cheese is like at school events or birthdays, or real ice cream their health (and awful pain from the ulcerlike allergic internal hives response to milk)... goes out the window: they don't care. We think our health is so sound as young people....
When you talked about leaky gut and fiber, I was thinking about this the whole time, (in context of milk allergies).
@@DoctorMikeHansen hey doctor don’t mean to bother you in this Morning but is a sore stomach when you tap on it a symptom of low vitamin d because I taking 50.000 vitamin D because I told I have low vitamin d but I also having a sore stomach
@@dariusacquilwarren5230 Consider doing some research on RDA for Vitamin D.
Also, the form recommended for supplemental dosing (I think you'll find it's D3).
lovely work! TY!
Love from Bangkok Thailand .. Hi ..Dr. Mike Thank you for the informative video so .. very Awesome work ...and congratulation on passing 1 million Subscribers wooo
Thanks Dr. Hansen,
This latest topic videos are a huge help for me in making changes to my diet for better health. I'm truly appreciative. I wish you were here in Toronto, Canada so I could have you as one of my doctors. You would be able to help me with asthma and diet to. Hey, that might be an idea? How types of food effect our bodies negatively and positively.
Keep Safe and Always Inspiring,
Matt - Toronto, Canada
New to your channel, and genuinely love your videos. I've been on a health kick since struggling with my digestion, and I am the type who wants to know a little of the science of why I need to eat certain nutrients and foods. These videos are practical for people without any medical background but who have a serious interest in their health and body. Great video!!
Thank you for the informative video doctor mike
Eat mostly plants, some meat, limit starch, stop eating sugar.
Thank you Dr. Hansen! This video has contained very useful information. 👍
Really good information. Thank you Dr Mike. Your videos are precise and well done. 👍
Glad you like them!
So, I have black beans ( in southwestern Mexico), white beans and lentils to eat this week. Plus heavy duty bread that is full of all kinds of seeds.
Good afternoon everyone 👋
I think I'd like to go on a guided field trip, maybe 4-6 people with one nutitionist, prowling a supermarket after hours so we could actually see and feel what our choices should or should not be. All different, but all guided. It is one thing to see a video, quite another to go hands on and drill in the actual memory.
Yes I would love that myself👍
Here in Scotland, many people live off a daily diet of take-aways with resulting negative health outcomes. Trying to persuade people to buy (often much cheaper) fresh fruit and vegetables is almost an impossibility.
If they could be forced to eat natural foods minus animal products and oil for ten days, they would feel the difference and many would change. Laziness is also a huge part of the problem these days. Nobody wants to cook.
I eat all these but when you have sibo and hashimotos it gets complicated
Thank you doctor Mike. I really need this right now. The other channel emphasized keto and I am not into it. And now I understand why all the protein from animal that I try to eat doesn't help much.
Excellent video slick and to the point no time wasting. Thank you so much
Hello Doctor Mike !
Great vid . Can u do a video on Malabsorption?
@Doctor Mike Hansen -- is leaky gut a real thing or a real diagnosis? Like would there be an insurance code for or would it be described in The Merck Manual? Or what do you mean by the term? An ex-girlfriend said she had it but it sounded more like diverticulitis with anxiety issues. TY in advance.
I love this channel!
My only concern would be for the even slightly aged GI track, that absorbs and convert nutrients at a much slower rate.
Thanks again for this valuable information handsome Dr Mike👍👍
My pleasure!
Fibre (both soluble and insoluble)
Sources-
1) Seeds
2) Nuts
3) Vegetables
4) Legumes
5) Whole Grains
Oats, Quinoa, Barley, Amaranth, Long grain wild-rice
Foods that worsen gut health
1) Fried foods
2) Diet sweeteners (found in diet coke, redbull, monster)
3) Processed foods
Thank you Doctor.
I switched to a high fiber, whole food, plant based diet almost two years ago. I lost 60 lbs in my first year and have maintained it with no effort whatsoever. I look and feel better than I have in my whole life and Im 48. Focus on Fiber and Protein.
Paul Pablo...what do u consume......i mean what high fibre food,what whole food etc? Tq
Hi Dr.Hansen good see you again like your videos Dr.Hansen is awesome and the best 👊💪💪💪take care pal have a good weekend 👊💪💪👍
If you fast, does this cause the bacteria in the gut to eat the protective layer of the intestine?
Great info, thank you, I am a truck driver and I try to eat healthy but as a truck driver I can't always get to a better place to eat, any recommendations? And can yogurt help with it? If so can you recommend some?
Thank you.
So important and essential, I've learned a lot from this video. Thank you
Extremely interesting, Sir 👍
Could you explain what is “inflammation”? It’s used so frequently and broadly. Does it mean all blood vessels become injected? What is it!
although it contains fibre.. do not consume beetroot.. especially if you get bloating alot
Thank you so much for sharing this. Do you also recommend eating fruit for insoluble fiber?
Wonderful thank you😊🥰
Sir plz makea video on B complex dosage, how, whay we need but in depth
Awesome!!☺️🙏🏼
Would love to hear your take on Metamucil / Fibre 4 or adding fibre supplementation into diets
Thank you for the great video. Dr. Hansen, what suggestions are there for those of us that have difficulty with grains?
I’m down with all those items except the bread/rice as I am working on reducing insulin response with a wearable CGM. Where does the orange powder fiber therapy fit in?
Why get fiber from a supplement when you can get it from a variety of real foods? Foods that contain fiber tend to also have other essential nutrients, such as magnesium, potassium, and phytonutrients. Additionally, many nutrients have synergistic properties - they provide little or no benefit by themselves but are much more potent when combined with certain other nutrients. For every known nutrient out there, there are likely many other unknown ones that may not be discovered for centuries.
So informative!
Please can you do an enlightening video just like this, on treating acid reflux 🙏🏾
@Doctor Mike Hansen yes please! 🙏
I have ALOT of people I know that suffers terribly with this, I would send your video on it to all of them 💛
@Jonni Trea drinking the 16 oz of pure juiced celery made big differences in treating my acid reflux (if you're interested, try googling it).
@@teresabailey4327 how often did you drink this please
Interesting video. What about insoluble fiber suplements like psyllium husk (brand name: metamucil)?
Psyllium husk is 80% soluble, 20% insoluble fiber.
Hi Doc, please can you list all ingredients as I have major gut IBS Issues but am allergic to many products. Thank you
Did anyone see the link to the probiotic vid he mentioned?
Great bit of info!! Thank-you.
How to combine fiber with medications? 😢
Can I take psyllium husk on empty stomach?
So many questions, do you have to eat breads? I am celiac and obese. Trying to do a keto type diet where I am eating no bread or flour of any kind. I need more information.
Wholefood plantbase no oil
Do you recommend fiber supplements? Solufibre or regular fiber?
Good information! 👍🏼
(From India)
I am sorry but I do not believe this is correct. Many people with complicated dysbiosis get significantly sicker when eating lots of fiber. Removing fiber and going zero carb actually helps most of these people. For the average person fiber is great, but for someone with complex autoimmune/leaky gut dysbiosis related issues, fiber is a disaster.
Totally agree. Carnivore is the way to go. Metabolically poor health, leaky gut and autoimmune issues vanish on Carnivore Diet. This video is based on erroneous assumptions that are being taught in medical schools. Very unfortunate
Totally true...fiber makes me worse
@@IndigoAwakenerWhat he is talking about is NOT taught in medical school!
Totally agree. Fiber makes me sick
💯 aagree
Hi does movicol damage the gut microbiome?
Always have to Appreciate you Dr Mike Bless🙏
I appreciate that
@@DoctorMikeHansen welcome 🙏
Awesome video👍🎩👍
Just find you on youtube. Subscribed! Great video. Is there anything about fiber supplements you wanna/could share with us? As of psyllium husk? Metamucil? Ect ect.. Thank you again! 👌🏾👍🏾
can you please make a video about nutrients that is important for gut microbiome besides fiber like flavonoids or ..!
Do you think we need gut microbiome test to establish based line and go from there?
thanks a lot
This is highly informative
I’m a vegetarian and I get lots of fiber, but I also have trouble with digestion and going to the bathroom.
You’ll notice that he recommends wild rice, not white or brown rice, which are contaminated with arsenic.
I have to agree with all of the information you have shared about good Health 💯
Thanks you
Love Ezekial bread!
Hi Dr. Hansen, good channel. I like kimchi but have seen positive reports and have seen some negative. Is kimchi a good choice? Thanks.
Plz make video on gerd...how to be come out from it
IVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY GUT FOR A GOOD YEAR everything i eat comes right out in less than 2 mins or id be in pain from eating anything really i just started this plant base diet and its ok but my stomach still cant hold it all long enough
Should also be mentioned that the reason some cancer therapies work on some people but not on others seems to have to do with microbiome diversity, and people with a better diversity have better results. These are very recent studies, more will be investigated, but this does seem to be what the findings show. So yeah, eat those prebiotics.
You got that from a max podcast, it's unproven yet it holds weight. However pro, post and prebiotics aren't the only way to get a more adjusted diverse microbiome it's just the most talked about
This is a very important topic for me. I have had constipation issues for most of my life, although I only realize this in retrospect. I already have been getting plenty of fiber in my diet and drink plenty of water, and lately I started to eat fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt, since many findings over the last decade show that eating fermented food regularly can have an even bigger impact on gut health than regularly eating fiber.
But even if I have good bowel movements one day, it doesn't last very long. I always go back to having a streak of constipated days. I've learned that there is a strong associated with having ADHD, and having digestion issues. Something about the genetic makeup of certain ADHD people, like me, gives them issues with the gut.
Yes and a flax+chia seed ground mix everyday helps all that too.
I went grain free and my decades old, chronic back pain disappeared in just 2 days! So many reasons not to eat wheat, corn and even limit ancient grains to occasional consumption..
Unfortunately that's not for everyone !! I have immune reaction for fiber for a while because of infections and I only thing I had was carnivore 😁😁 ! So that's video not the whole solutions or even the whole story about gut disorders
Thank you for this highly informative video🥰😊🥰
Chia seeds is full of fiber.
Man, I have chronic intermittent constipation that doesn't respond to anything. I thought my codeine use was making it worse but I have to quit every 3 months for my drug tests & that's not the case. Even in acute withdrawals no pooping was happening last month even after 7 days clean. I eat Fiber All cereal every couple days, drink 1 gallon of water per day (minimum) & exercise but it does nothing. Then I'll be in a state of relative normalcy for no reason. Probiotics just make me feel tired & borderline sick. Could endometriosis be the cause? I've been this way my whole life but I really thought the painkillers were playing a bigger role than they are.
DIET GAPS ,
There has been no study that demonstrate that fiber reduces colon cancer. AAMF, the nursing study, a longitudinal study of some 30,000 nurses, showed no statistically significant relationship between fiber intake and reduction in colon cancer. This guy plays it on the edge sometimes.
Very fact vegans and vegetarian countries far far lower rates of colon cancer may be sufficient . Aside from carcinogenic properties of processed red meat , it has little insoluble fiber compared to a vegetarian diet.
@@reejuvideo456 MAYBE
None needed
Everytime that backing track comes on i keep thinking cry me a river is about to come on 😂
What about those of us who need to gain weight?
I understand whole organic food is better but... Are you saying processed oats and brown bread do not help at all?
Thanks for the helpful video. Any thoughts on using Metamucil for increasing daily fiber intake?
Would it be ok to get my fiber through a plant based fiber chewable supplement & prune juice ( and maybe some Metamucil ???
Can you help with phlegm? Curious if it’s long covid
Thanks for all the great advice 😊 will up my fiber intake
I wish he was my doctor. Don't you wish your doctor was hot like him? Dr Mike Handsome! I feel better already!
This video recommends 30 to 35 grams per day. Is it just me, or does that seem rather low?
I've used Cronometer to do spot checks on my diet. Even in the most oppressively hot weather (95+ degrees) when I was eating only around 1600 calories per day (under the conventional 4/9/4 formula), my daily fiber intake was in the mid-40s. On a bitterly cold winter day when I ate around 3200 calories (under the conventional 4/9/4 formula), I ate close to 90 grams of fiber.
In other words, I consume around 28 grams of fiber per 1000 calories. I've read that at least 14 grams of fiber per 1000 calories is recommended, so I consume about double what's recommended.
So if I make my own bread and grind my own wheat is that whole grain?
I've found that a small amount of psyllium (the usual 5 capsule dose, sometimes a little more) keeps a particular overgrowth problem in check. This coupled with acidophilus and maybe an occasional multi-strain probiotic dose (say monthly or as needed), fixes most gastro issues. On occasion (e.g. taco bell nights), a little "beano" helps. On the other hand, anything with methylcellulose or large dose of gluten or fructans in it causes massive bad effects, so I avoid those.
What about the people saying your gut microbes can adjust to whatever you get them used to, including 0 fibre.its not black and white, anyone saying this is good that is bad is wrong.Everyone preaches to eat healthy but we don't even know what is healthy, medicine is so farr off what it could become, until then , it's a stumble in the dark guessing things, guessing!
Okay I don’t understand why people do so well on carnivore and without any fiber? They cure autoimmune diseases and so on. Such conflicting info. How to know who is right ?
Some (if not, a lot) of people don't eat fibrous foods these days.
Avoiding fiber and carbs for last 4 years made me the healthiest in my life. Keto is the only way. Adding fiber to your diet is like adding more cars to a traffic jam in order to make it less jammed. Not recommended.
This is hilarious
This is hilarious
Anecdotes aren’t evidence.
Would love to hear your reaction to the film Forks Over Knives. @Doctor Mike Hansen