Fiber: The Key to Unlocking Better Health

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  @cindydolezal2980 · 1 year ago

  I have a saying. Beans and greens to fit in your jeans.

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  @lindaborland5123 · 1 year ago

  I switched to a whole food plant based diet a couple of years ago. So naturally, this increased my fiber intake without me even having to try. For the first time in my life, I have regular daily BMs. It was like a miracle! I used to go several days between BMs, which I accepted as normal for me. I feel so much better now!

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  @Ahmedkhan8802 · 1 year ago

  There is no stronger proponent of high fiber than yours truly.  Dietary fiber came onto my radar in the 1970's when I read a newspaper piece about colon cancer, and I have not let go since.  In one of your previous episodes a guest surgeon held up a box of Kellogg Bran Buds - I tried it and this is now part of my daily diet, along with the usual assortment of high fiber, low fat foods.  I'm 80 - so far, so good!

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  @Mercurychick · 1 year ago

  I eat a cup of frozen blueberies everyday and a bowl of rolled oats with a couple teaspoon of flaxseed. My gut and bowels are the happiest in my adult life. I am 50 and i wish I had known all this in my 20's -30's

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  @John-ph8rq · 1 year ago

  Gosh these two are just the best!  Of course I learn from the great information but I also really like the sense of humor they both have and just over all style of their videos!  Thanks docs!!

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• SO

  @someguy2135 · 1 year ago

  A whole food plant-based diet with plenty of variety should give you all the fiber you need.

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• CA

  @CalmVibesVee · 1 year ago

  Apple, banana, barley, oats, potatoes, beans legumes, lots of water, low fat and daily exercise. I get 100g of fiber in these foods. It has rehabilitated my colon function, keeps weight low, and decreased menopause symptoms.

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• SU

  @SuzanneTrippy · 1 year ago

  Could you do a video on IBS please?    I love these!

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  @chrisstepleton4761 · 1 year ago

  Almost every day, I eat pomegranates, celery, chickpeas, flaxseedmeal, and oatmeal, as well as walnuts.

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  @AndyMorrisArt · 1 year ago

  About 30 years ago I read a book on vegetarian diet and it had a paragraph about fiber. I was 36 years old and never really heard about fiber but I'd suffered from indigestion and constipation my entire life! So I first kept track of what I ate in a day and added up the fiber and found out that I was only getting about 20 grams a day. Back then the RDA was 28 grams so I started eating Raisin Bran instead of eggs and bacon and also started eating some fruit and salads and bought my daily fiber up to 28 gms and had some relief, but then I noticed that days I got 34 or more gms of fiber I felt even better. 30 years late and I usually get around 40 gms but occassionally much higher. Whenever I hear about carnivore diet or Lion's Diet and people just singing praises I always wonder why they don't drop dead? I can't imagine not getting any dietary fiber at all. I'd be in the emergency room for sure.

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• TU

  @tuxbanjo · 1 year ago

  Fermented pickles and fermented sauerkraut. I make them myself from cucumbers and cabbage. Lots of probiotics and prebiotics as well.

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  @PearlWilliams1 · 1 year ago

  I bought a wheat mill for my kitchen. I grind wheat berries and make my flour for baking  bread,etc! It still has the wheat germ and bran so it is high in fiber. Love lentils, especially in  soup.

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