Sat, Jan-25-03, 14:46
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Senior Member
Posts: 939
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Plan: ProteinPowerLifePlan w/IF
Stats: 166/143/135
BF:
Progress: 74%
Location: New England
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Fiber...25 grams?
I posted this in the nutrition & suppliments section, but never got an answer.
Recommendations for daily intake of fiber is 25 grams.
Now, I'm doing Protein Power, so fiber doesn't count toward carb intake...but I'm just baffled as to how to get 25 grams of fiber a day!
I don't have an issue with plummage. That's not my concern. With a family history of colon cancer, I believe that the 25g recommend is not for plumming, but for cancer prevention.
Now, I usually have a LARGE salad (or 2 smaller salads) in a day...plus broccoli/green beans/cauliflower in the evenings. Plus mushrooms thrown in throughout the entire day. Also, I usualy have a slice of bread (only 6 carbs and 2 fiber).
With all that, I'm still lucky to hit double digit fiber... maybe 10 to 15 grams.
Is the general concensus that the 25g recommendation is assuming the health-results of a low fat diet, and therefore may not be applicable to those of us with low carb diets?
If not, how ON EARTH do you get 25g in? I also take a sugar-free psylium, but that's only 3 grams ... and I aint doing it more than once a day!
Thoughts?
-- Loretta
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