Psyllium husk pills are awesome
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I once had a consultation with a surgeon about hemorrhoid surgery. Her recommendation was to use fiber supplements because it’s almost impossible to get enough fiber from food alone.
(I ended up getting a bidet, and now my fiber-poor garbage diet doesn’t cause that particular problem anymore )
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 month ago
James_Fortis@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m up to 70g of fiber a day! I’m plant-based though so it’s easy for me when most of my foods are whole plant foods.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
polished grains are a terrible curse upon humanity, just switching them out for whole grain is such an easy boost to your health. Not just more fibre, but more vitamins and stuff too along with proportionally less simple carbs!
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
From an American diet maybe. But that’s because our processed foods and meat fetish are really unhealthy.
wilberfan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I had to start supplementing with psyllium fiber (powder) several months ago after a massive hemorrhoid attack last fall. (Surgeon gave me the identical advice.)
If I don’t get at least 40 g a day of total fiber (about 20+ of which are the powder), stools get large ‘n’ hard. It’s working, and my ass is thanking me.
What I’m having trouble squaring is I don’t think we evolved eating that much fiber every day. Pre-agriculture it would have been (depending on which part of the planet) lot’s of animal protein and whatever roots & berries you could find, right?
logir@feddit.it 1 month ago
Micheal Greger in “how not to die” talks about this. He says that hunter gatherers would eat mostly plants and sometimes some meat. And all plant food was not process so with lot of fiber
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bingo, we were not bagging big game and eating a 16oz steak daily. Meat was and should be a luxury.
twistypencil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How do you consume so much psyllium? I find it difficult to get down because it turns to goo very fast
nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 1 month ago
mix it quickly with cold water and chug
wilberfan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Exactly. I use a blender (stirring never worked) with a squirt of water flavoring. The key part is the immediate chugging!