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Calling Ms Medgirl
Thanks for sharing! My understanding is that Americans really need more fiber above all else. Many of these gut issues people are seeking to remedy would be alleviated if people just ate more beans lol having a varied diet is another important aspect to this. Convenience foods and hustle culture have made it so a large number of people eat essentially the same dozen things for the majority of their nutrition. Doesn’t help that tik tok and the like convince everyone that there is some magic trick to health.
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Agree. But I think this year and maybe next year we’ll find out what too much fiber does. Fiber maxxing seems to be the new protein maxxing; it’s all over food YouTube. Going to be a very gassy 2026 for a lot of people.
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Interesting turn of events to be sure. I’m guessing mega constipation? Lol that loops into the varied diet thing too. “Maxing” any single thing, not just food, means youre leaving stuff to the way side. Making a “maxing” of anything decidedly not varied. Humans really struggle with nuance and moderation. It’s always all or nothing, this applies to way more than food too. Pretty much every diet trend from the last decade falls into this trap. Our brains are funny, and sometimes very difficult to pilot lol.
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Powering that blizzard! 
In all seriousness, I’m following a free lifestyle health/wellness regimen available through new health insurance, and it is pointing out how relatively low my fiber intake is. And I always thought that I was at least chugging along somewhat decently. I have at least a serving of vegetables (often more) with 98% of my dinners. Half of my lunches I eat out specifically so I can get a fancy salad. Based on my input though I’m not even hitting half of the recommended fiber, so I bought some fiber gummies. Man, this stuff is like reverse GasX.
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LOL! I learned recently as well just how little fiber there is in leafy greens. It’s kind of shocking - you can eat an entire bag of spinach and it’s less than a gram! I’ve been supplementing by eating oatmeal and having chia seeds. The latter is really easy: Couple of tablespoons of seeds into some water, stir it up and shoot it. 10+g of fiber, done. I don’t have any gas issues from that but YMMV!
I love carbs!
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