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YSK that the recommended daily fiber intake is 25g for women and 38g for men in the USA. 95% of the country does not meet this amount.

Why YSK: fiber is important for optimal human health. It helps us avoid diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer, obesity, and other diseases. This is particularly important in developed countries such as mine (USA) that are suffering greatly from these diseases.

The recommended daily fiber intake is 25g for women and 38g for men in the USA, and 95% of us don’t meet this amount. This suggests an urgent need for us to increase our daily fiber intake, which can be achieved by swapping out ultra-processed foods and animal foods that are void of fiber with whole plant foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds.

GBU_28 ,

This also relates to jaw and gum health too. Most folks eat too soft a diet as well (fibrous foods often require more chewing).

lolcatnip ,

I once had a consultation with a surgeon about hemorrhoid surgery. Her recommendation was to use fiber supplements because it’s almost impossible to get enough fiber from food alone.

(I ended up getting a bidet, and now my fiber-poor garbage diet doesn’t cause that particular problem anymore )

GBU_28 ,

Psyllium husk pills are awesome

dataprolet ,
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber#Contents_in_f…

James_Fortis OP ,

Thank you!

BuddyTheBeefalo ,

Vegetables measured in units of 120ml (because it’s half of some cups) is really stupid.

BuddyTheBeefalo ,

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/0f86d19a-ec14-403e-92f7-f932fc15a572.png

spankinspinach ,

Realistically it looks like the majority of my fiber intake is about to become oats and popcorn…

Supermariofan67 ,

Lol that’s hilarious. I laugh so much at the crazy mixing of units we use here in the US. Similarly, it’s quite common to see metric and customary units in the same sentence, as in “add 1 tablespoon to 100 mL of water”.

Nikls94 ,

Reading this as someone blessed with whole grain rye-wheat mix bread, heck I can even buy the flour to make my own bread.

Change to whole grain, folks!

Nougat ,

You should also know that there's soluble and insoluble fiber. Both are important, but what people are more likely to lack is insoluble fiber.

MisterNeon ,
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Eat your veggies and fruit people.

DarkThoughts ,

Thanks for the reminder.
I keep forgetting to look out for chia & flax seeds when grocery shopping...

zephorah ,

You forgot the part where it allows you to have a normal bowel movement without straining. It’s the path to hemorrhoid reduction, possibly annihilation.

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