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Some scientists or shall we say experts on ancient diets estimate that prehistoric man ate as much as 100 to 200 g of fiber a day... Which could make sense beca

Some scientists or shall we say experts on ancient diets estimate that prehistoric man ate as much as 100 to 200 g of fiber a day... Which could make sense because the vegetables we eat these days have been so domesticated that their starch content is far higher than it was in the past.. people ate a lot of different plant items from undomesticated plants, these plant parts were not high starts they were like low starts but they had some starch and some protein and some fat... But the fiber part of it was much greater because it was hard to separate the fiber from the starch.. so it's quite possible that these prehistoric people say 20,000 years ago 30,000 years ago whatever ate well over 100 g of fiber a day.. The fiber requirement today is supposed to be 23 g of fiber, maybe 24.. the average American eats maybe 20 grams of fiber a day..

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
But we need to know if those hundreds of grams of fiber have value or not. The prehistoric man on average also ate many less pineapples than us - does that mean pineapples are bad?
- lm28469 4y ago
  I'd recommend upping you fiber intake, the results are almost instantaneous. 99% chance you don't eat enough of them
  - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    That's not really a response to my point - what results are expected? What are the long term impacts? I believe it's probably good for you, but I don't like claims about health that only appeal to popular wisdom, feel, or "our ancestors did this". Also, I'd love for the "more fiber" proponents to have talks with the "only eat meat" proponents.
FollowingTheDao 4y ago
> prehistoric man ate as much as 100 to 200 g of fiber a day Not all prehistoric men. The Inuit around the world have a very low fiber diet and the difference is reveled in their genetics. https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-017-0370-7 https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186... It would be best to know your genetics before jumping any dietary bandwangon. I have Sami heritage and I cannot eat a high fiber or anything close to a southern world high vegetable diet.

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago

But we need to know if those hundreds of grams of fiber have value or not. The prehistoric man on average also ate many less pineapples than us - does that mean pineapples are bad?

lm28469 4y ago
I'd recommend upping you fiber intake, the results are almost instantaneous. 99% chance you don't eat enough of them
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  That's not really a response to my point - what results are expected? What are the long term impacts? I believe it's probably good for you, but I don't like claims about health that only appeal to popular wisdom, feel, or "our ancestors did this". Also, I'd love for the "more fiber" proponents to have talks with the "only eat meat" proponents.

FollowingTheDao 4y ago

> prehistoric man ate as much as 100 to 200 g of fiber a day Not all prehistoric men. The Inuit around the world have a very low fiber diet and the difference is reveled in their genetics. https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-017-0370-7 https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186... It would be best to know your genetics before jumping any dietary bandwangon. I have Sami heritage and I cannot eat a high fiber or anything close to a southern world high vegetable diet.