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No, dietary fiber is not the whole and complete solution to the problem. If it was, then these drugs wouldn't exist. If it was, then this problem wouldn't exi

No, dietary fiber is not the whole and complete solution to the problem. If it was, then these drugs wouldn't exist. If it was, then this problem wouldn't exist. Please feel free to explain how increasing your dietary fiber intake can help solve this problem, but please also allow for other components to be a part of the overall solution.

rogerkirkness 3y ago
Dietary fibre is a GLP-1 agonist, so if people ate enough fibre for the amount of calories they ate, no one except those with thyroid disorders would be overweight. This drug won't help with thyroid disorders. This drug will have long term side effects that are as bad as being overweight. Therefore, this drug should not be necessary, except that people won't eat enough fibre.
- whatscooking 3y ago
  Honestly it’s not worth bothering with him. He’s fat and convinced it’s irreversible without medical intervention and is caused by his genetics. You can’t convince emotional thinkers with logic
- bradknowles 3y ago
  And so, how much dietary fiber would you have to consume to equal the GLP-1 equivalent dose of the drugs referenced in the article?
  - rogerkirkness 3y ago
    It's being studied now, but generally speaking the benefits start to taper around 120g a day in existing studies we have about fibre. So it's most likely 'At least 120g/day and possibly more depending on what we learn studying GLP-1 further.
    - bradknowles 3y ago
      In contrast: > The Metamucil powder dosage for adults and adolescents ages 12 and older is 3.4 grams (1 serving), mixed with 8 ounces of water, up to 3 times a day. The mixture should be consumed immediately after preparing it. So, you're talking about 35.3 times the recommended Metamucil dose? If a dose of Metamucil is a teaspoon, and a typical canister has 180 doses, you're talking about approximately one fifth of the entire container -- per day? And drinking 282 ounces of water per day to wash down all that Metamucil? That seems medically dangerous to me....

rogerkirkness 3y ago

Dietary fibre is a GLP-1 agonist, so if people ate enough fibre for the amount of calories they ate, no one except those with thyroid disorders would be overweight. This drug won't help with thyroid disorders. This drug will have long term side effects that are as bad as being overweight. Therefore, this drug should not be necessary, except that people won't eat enough fibre.

whatscooking 3y ago
Honestly it’s not worth bothering with him. He’s fat and convinced it’s irreversible without medical intervention and is caused by his genetics. You can’t convince emotional thinkers with logic
bradknowles 3y ago
And so, how much dietary fiber would you have to consume to equal the GLP-1 equivalent dose of the drugs referenced in the article?
- rogerkirkness 3y ago
  It's being studied now, but generally speaking the benefits start to taper around 120g a day in existing studies we have about fibre. So it's most likely 'At least 120g/day and possibly more depending on what we learn studying GLP-1 further.
  - bradknowles 3y ago
    In contrast: > The Metamucil powder dosage for adults and adolescents ages 12 and older is 3.4 grams (1 serving), mixed with 8 ounces of water, up to 3 times a day. The mixture should be consumed immediately after preparing it. So, you're talking about 35.3 times the recommended Metamucil dose? If a dose of Metamucil is a teaspoon, and a typical canister has 180 doses, you're talking about approximately one fifth of the entire container -- per day? And drinking 282 ounces of water per day to wash down all that Metamucil? That seems medically dangerous to me....