Adequate intake of dietary fiber is associated with digestive health and reduced risk for heart disease, stroke, hypertension, certain gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. According to consumer research, the ...
If you read the guidelines this paper is referencing : https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/10490/chapter/9You will see that fibre is not a essential nutrient, rather it ameliorates the effects of poor food/nutrition. I highly recommend reading the guideline directly, it is fascinating, especially the physiological effects section
The guideline is based heavily on epidemiology, in fact the only RCT on fibre consumption I’m aware of shows fibre is a causal factor in constipation : https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i33.4593
If your eating whole foods, adding fibre isn’t going to do much for you because your food is nutritious. If your eating food that is bad for you, fibre is going to help because it reduces the amount of bad food you absorb… but my take away from this would be to avoid eating the bad food entirely
The one compelling benefit i’ve seen argued is that fibre is broken down into SCAs in intestines which is good for health, but this can also be achieved by eating low carb, intermittent fasting, etc.
If you read the guidelines this paper is referencing : https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/10490/chapter/9 You will see that fibre is not a essential nutrient, rather it ameliorates the effects of poor food/nutrition. I highly recommend reading the guideline directly, it is fascinating, especially the physiological effects section
The guideline is based heavily on epidemiology, in fact the only RCT on fibre consumption I’m aware of shows fibre is a causal factor in constipation : https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i33.4593
If your eating whole foods, adding fibre isn’t going to do much for you because your food is nutritious. If your eating food that is bad for you, fibre is going to help because it reduces the amount of bad food you absorb… but my take away from this would be to avoid eating the bad food entirely
The one compelling benefit i’ve seen argued is that fibre is broken down into SCAs in intestines which is good for health, but this can also be achieved by eating low carb, intermittent fasting, etc.