Sounds like the title to one of those science flicks we all had to watch as kids at school! LOL!
FIBER: We are all supposed to be taking in approx 30 grams of fiber each day.(Thats what the doc's say, if you wish to keep a healthy colon, ward off cancer, and actually "GO" like a human and NOT push your damn eyeballs out of their sockets)
I am on on-going induction, and have to stay under 20 carbs.
Therefore I need 50 carbs a day, 30 of which are fiber, to net 20
While doing this I must balance fat to be 65-70%
keep protein around 130 grms (excess turns to sugar)
and calories past few weeks have ended up at 1800 per day (way LOW for me) but I am "full" anyway...
the FIBER-thing is a real PAIN IN THE ARSE literally...and next to impossible to accomplish on a daily basis.
Fiber supplements (Flax in my case now) have lots of fiber...but fill up your calories and also contain countable carbs...thus taking away from the 20 I get.
Spinach is great...but at 1.5 cups (which I can only have 1 cup per day as per induction regulations)...is 10 g carbs, 5 fiber=5net carbs
Do the MATH...NO WAY I can get 30 grams of fiber per day and keep follow the rules...and keep carbs under 20.
UGH...BLAH...and TOTAL dismay. I am TIRED of this balancing act and trying to do the IMPOSSIBLE.
Just venting. Thanks for listening.
Best to all:
Lost-Jake