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Fiber is not a nutrient.

• fractallyte 4y ago
  Fiber is increasingly being recognized as essential to gut health, so arguably it should be considered a nutrient. Classifying it differently risks omitting it from discussions (as we see in the article) and - vitally - food labeling. Here's a discussion: https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(15)01743-8/fulltext https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(15)01743-8/ful...
  • ravenstine 4y ago
    Fiber is only "essential" in the context of eating food that isn't appropriate for our digestive system. Eating an appropriate diet primarily of meat requires no fiber whatsoever. The idea that fiber is necessary for anything but mitigating some effects from an inappropriate diet comes from the American dietetics association's desire to push a plant-based diet despite all the evidence contrary to plant-based diets.