Chrisdavisjr
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If you asked me what my single biggest disappointment with getting older was, it would be that my body no longer likes having sweets.
If that's your single biggest disappointment, you're doing really well.
If you asked me what my single biggest disappointment with getting older was, it would be that my body no longer likes having sweets.
Kind of like a sedentary person working out and assuming it must be bad for them because they're sore. Maybe it is bad, but maybe it's just something that you can adapt to.
I did some further reading. There is not just one type of fibre. Just as you can't call omega-3, transfat, coconut fat, silicongrease for "Fat" and claim that eating fat makes you sick.
Here's a list of some common fibres:
Very interesting! Especially about Inulin being the only fiber typically added.and another thing..!
I did some further reading. There is not just one type of fibre. Just as you can't call omega-3, transfat, coconut fat, silicongrease for "Fat" and claim that eating fat makes you sick.
Here's a list of some common fibres:
Food with "added fibre" usually only has inulin added. A little inulin is good for you , to much and you can get diarrhea or other gastric problems. Stuff like ready made smoothies, "sausage", cookies, "low fat" ice cream, cereals like rice krispies and many dietary products all have "fibre" in them, but only inulin.
If you eat natural inulin from vegetables, whole grains and legumes and fruit it's almost impossible to eat to much inulin.
"Inulin" also goes by names like: Beta(2-1)fructans, Chicory Extract, Chicory Inulin, Dahlia Extract, Dahlia Inulin, Extrait de Chicorée, Extrait de Dahlia, Inulina, Inuline, Inuline de Chicorée, Inuline de Dahlia, Long-chain Oligosaccharides, Oligosaccharides, Prebiotic, . Fruktooligosackarid, Oligosackarid, Cikoria extrakt, Chicory Fibre, Cikoriarotfibre, Fructan.
Comes down to this. Natural foods have a lot of different healthy fibres in them, stuff that comes ready made with additives isn't good for you.
So eat things like whole wheat flatbread, mashed avocado, toasted chickpeas, onions and salad for lunch and oatmeal with fresh fruit and nuts for breakfast a few times a week and you're on your way to a healty gut.
Or eat fabricated ready made meals with added high-fructose corn syrup, palm oil , inulin, xantan gum, silicone dioxide, coloring and to much salt and complain that "carbs and fibre" gets you cancer, ibs and death.
sources:
Magen i uppror av tillsatta fibrer | SvD (In Swedish),
wikipedia
Fiber and Prebiotics: Mechanisms and Health Benefits
lots of theory in here, this is how I put it into breakfast practice:
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this is a bowl of whole grain muesli mixed with my home made kefir.