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Originally Posted by StreetcarBlanche
Wow! Thanks for this info! I totally have experienced constipation from eating too much fiber. So I HATE it when my G.I. or Family Physician suggests I add Metamucil or add more fiber to my diet. No thanks. It makes zero sense. Fiber just bulks up the poop and it gets stuck and dried out, so no way will I add more fiber to my diet.
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Yes. When I was a kid and had these issues they constantly told me to do such things and it NEVER WORKED.
Now I know it probably was making me worse.
I have always wondered what the point of fiber was and didn't really believe the supposed benefits. But then to learn that animals have very different physical digestive systems to us (more made for fiber consumption) and there is the the nail in the coffin.
I have long felt there is a bias / conspiracy in medical advice to favor a plant based diet and so those people feel encouraging people to get more fiber will do that.