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IMO people should eat more fiber. A lot more fiber. It cleans the gut, the liver, absorbs cholesterol, slows insulin response and makes you feel full longer. Th

IMO people should eat more fiber. A lot more fiber. It cleans the gut, the liver, absorbs cholesterol, slows insulin response and makes you feel full longer. The microbes in our guts need it to function. Rather than jumping from one fad diet to another, just eat what you like and be sure to get a lot of fiber each day.

jstanley 7mo ago
> eat what you like and be sure to get a lot of fiber each day Sure sounds like another fad diet.
- nomel 7mo ago
  The charitable interpretation is "just eat more fiber, regardless of the rest"
- vablings 7mo ago
  This has been the recommendation for general health for as long as I have been alive. Fiber is really important and there are plenty of easy healthy options that are cheap, unlike the astroturfed beef checkoff primal diet
- lelele 7mo ago
  > Sure sounds like another fad diet. Yeah! A fad lasting millions of years of human evolution, however.
  - jstanley 7mo ago
    The fad lasting millions of years is "eat what you can get, what is fibre?"
  - raincole 7mo ago
    Practically advocates of every fad diet claim so.
memonkey 7mo ago
The post is about a scientific study and your response is your opinion with nothing else to back it up?
- igleria 7mo ago
  they IMO are trying to help by giving good ideas to keep a healthy gut. Add that to the study and at least to me, it´s a nice idea. btw people, do drink water to keep up with the fiber. Otherwise it might not help.
behehebd 7mo ago
To do this eat stuff that grows and not further processed.
- skirmish 7mo ago
  Don't be simplistic. Mold on old bread grows and is natural, yet you should not eat it all day.
  - papyrus9244 7mo ago
    > you should not eat it all day How sure are we about this? How certain are we that those specific species of mold have a net negative effect, rather than a net positive (like for example mushrooms)? Penicillium grows on stale foods and I doubt eating it would have a net negative effect.
    - meindnoch 7mo ago
      >I doubt eating it would have a net negative effect. Feel free to eat it. "Penicillium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins" - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27924532/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27924532/
      - papyrus9244 7mo ago
        Muchrooms have mycotoxins too. And red meat is a carcinogen. And predator fish have plenty of heavy metals. And the list goes on and on. Yet we eat all those things. Hence the "net positive".
rossdavidh 7mo ago
Agreed, but I think the mechanism relates to different microbes. If there are two microbes in your gut, and type A requires a dose of high-calorie, low-fiber food coming down the pipe every day, and type B is not able to reproduce as fast as type A but is able to live on high-fiber food, this tells you two things: type A cannot have been living in humans thousands of years ago, but type B might have type A benefits from making your brain worse at choosing healthy foods, and type B does not Which kind would you rather have in your gut?
cromka 7mo ago
Let me also introduce you to the new kid on the block, the resistant starch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6IcMW5Khh4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6IcMW5Khh4
grvdrm 7mo ago
Roughly what I follow. I pour chia seeds into everything I eat. Also: edamame, goji berries, green peas. Etc etc. My particular motivation is 1) health, but 2) I lift quite a bit and try to get as much protein from food as possible.

jstanley 7mo ago

> eat what you like and be sure to get a lot of fiber each day Sure sounds like another fad diet.

nomel 7mo ago
The charitable interpretation is "just eat more fiber, regardless of the rest"
vablings 7mo ago
This has been the recommendation for general health for as long as I have been alive. Fiber is really important and there are plenty of easy healthy options that are cheap, unlike the astroturfed beef checkoff primal diet
lelele 7mo ago
> Sure sounds like another fad diet. Yeah! A fad lasting millions of years of human evolution, however.
- jstanley 7mo ago
  The fad lasting millions of years is "eat what you can get, what is fibre?"
- raincole 7mo ago
  Practically advocates of every fad diet claim so.

memonkey 7mo ago

The post is about a scientific study and your response is your opinion with nothing else to back it up?

igleria 7mo ago
they IMO are trying to help by giving good ideas to keep a healthy gut. Add that to the study and at least to me, it´s a nice idea. btw people, do drink water to keep up with the fiber. Otherwise it might not help.

behehebd 7mo ago

To do this eat stuff that grows and not further processed.

skirmish 7mo ago
Don't be simplistic. Mold on old bread grows and is natural, yet you should not eat it all day.
- papyrus9244 7mo ago
  > you should not eat it all day How sure are we about this? How certain are we that those specific species of mold have a net negative effect, rather than a net positive (like for example mushrooms)? Penicillium grows on stale foods and I doubt eating it would have a net negative effect.
  - meindnoch 7mo ago
    >I doubt eating it would have a net negative effect. Feel free to eat it. "Penicillium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins" - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27924532/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27924532/
    - papyrus9244 7mo ago
      Muchrooms have mycotoxins too. And red meat is a carcinogen. And predator fish have plenty of heavy metals. And the list goes on and on. Yet we eat all those things. Hence the "net positive".

rossdavidh 7mo ago

Agreed, but I think the mechanism relates to different microbes. If there are two microbes in your gut, and type A requires a dose of high-calorie, low-fiber food coming down the pipe every day, and type B is not able to reproduce as fast as type A but is able to live on high-fiber food, this tells you two things: type A cannot have been living in humans thousands of years ago, but type B might have type A benefits from making your brain worse at choosing healthy foods, and type B does not Which kind would you rather have in your gut?

cromka 7mo ago

Let me also introduce you to the new kid on the block, the resistant starch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6IcMW5Khh4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6IcMW5Khh4

grvdrm 7mo ago

Roughly what I follow. I pour chia seeds into everything I eat. Also: edamame, goji berries, green peas. Etc etc. My particular motivation is 1) health, but 2) I lift quite a bit and try to get as much protein from food as possible.