Why a High Fiber Diet is Killing You ( And Why a LOW Fiber Diet Will Cure Constipation & IBS)The Ultimate Guide to: Your Poop. Despite what the USDA food pyramid may be telling you – eating a LOW fiber diet saved my life, and it might save yours. In 2. 00. 9, out of the blue I started experiencing weird bowel and GI issues. What’s more, many of the claims about lowering disease or colon cancer risk aren’t true. Exclusive bonus: Download this fiber checklist. Nonetheless, I didn’t feel right. Something was up. First stop? The general practitioner.“Well, can you tell me about your poo?” he said bluntly. Does it smell weird?”(This was fun, I assure you).“Errrrr! I’m going to refer you to a nutritionist friend I have, she’s a doll.”Second stop? The nutritionist. The nutritionist was a pretty nice woman who knew her stuff.“We’re going to get some blood work done, and then a complete dietary check.”* Two weeks later *Nutritionist: “Wow, your blood is purer than the Virgin Mary.”Me: “Really? So what’s going on?”And from there, the story is the same – she gave me the universal mainstream prescription for constipation. I bought bran meal, added it to my morning oatmeal, added some more fiber throughout the day, and then was eating 3. ![]() Oh, and I still was corked up tighter than the gates of Troy.“I’m going to pass you to a GI doctor.”Third stop? The GI doctor. After spending a grand total of 9. Sounds like IBS, let’s give you a colonoscopy.”After the GI doc’s “thorough” analysis, I decided that it was time to go old- fashioned: DIY Time. Fourth Stop? Poo- testing 1. After the GI doctor, someone mentioned that, being an avid traveler, I might’ve caught something on a recent trip to a third world country. Having recently been in India, I mailed away for a home test stool sample kit, spent three incredibly fun days hand scooping fecal matter into test tubes, and then mailed it back to the lab. Negative. Damn. How Do Eskimos on a No Fiber Diet Not Get Constipated? After I began questioning conventional advice, I found some interesting questions: A. Why do Eskimos in northern latitudes, who typically eat a no fiber diet, have no constipation issues? B. Why do people who fast, and don’t eat solid foods for weeks, still have bowel movements? C. Breast milk has no fiber, so how come babies who are only consuming breast- milk still have multiple bowel movements per day? In my quest to answer some of these perplexing questions, I ended up finding out three truths about fiber that dramatically improved my health problem (when everything else failed). A: Fiber is Making Your Constipation Worse. Fiber Constipates You. ![]() You get: Intermittent Fasting weight loss plan, sample diet schedules, Success stories with before & after results of using intermittent fasting. 1,200-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet Meal Plan Breakfast Breakfast One - Veggie Scrambled Eggs. Food Preparation Method Serving Size Calories Carbohydrates. For some people (the lucky few), consuming more fiber will do exactly what you think – increase more bulk and help pass things through the intestines quicker. But for people who already have constipation issues or IBS, fiber not only doesn’t help, it. I learned this first hand after dealing with the nutritionist. Again, this is specifically for people who already tend to have constipation or IBS- like issues. A 2. 01. 2 study showed that. ![]() Fiber Does Not Lower the Risk of Colon Cancer. Does fiber actually reduce colon cancer risk? NOPE. Straight from Harvard: For years, Americans have been told to consume a high- fiber diet to lower the risk of colon cancer. Larger and better- designed studies have largely failed to show a link between fiber and colon cancer. More recently, researchers combined the results of the Harvard study with those of several other large studies that followed more than 7. FDA has concluded from this review that the totality of the publicly available scientific evidence not only demonstrates lack of significant scientific agreement as to the validity of a relationship between dietary fiber and colorectal cancer, but also provides strong evidence that such a relationship does not exist.”–Food and Drug Administration. It’s notoriously hard to say “colon cancer risk was reduced because of dietary fiber intake” because there’s often many variables involved and factors that need to be accounted for. I just wish my morning Wheaties would remove the big heart that says “Fiber helps reduce the risk of colon cancer!”C. Does Fiber Actually Reduce Heart Disease Risk? Does more fiber actually lower heart disease? After adjusting for demographics, BMI, and lifestyle factors, each 1. The researchers’ conclusion? Increased dietary fiber from cereals and fruits is inversely related to coronary heart disease. But wait. You could end right there and think ! Time to eat more fiber! Let’s start shoveling in some extra bran into my oatmeal in the morning!”But it doesn’t say whether that decreased risk was due to the high fruit and vegetable intake (which we know reduces disease risk), or if it was actually due to the fiber. Also – what kind of fiber? In other words, getting all your fiber from vegetables and fruits is way different than getting it all from increasing your grain consumption. This 2. 00. 8 study found similar things – increase fiber decreased the chances of heart disease. But was it the fiber, or the fact that if you’re eating 3. We know that fruits and vegetables have hundreds of protective and preventative effects on the body, so is it actually more fiber protecting us, or more of the right foods? Graduallylower your fiber intake from grains, wheat, bran, etc., but not veggies & fruits. Dietary fat, not protein,not carbs, and not meal volume help stimulate bowel movements. When you want to try and establish a daily ritual of going to the bathroom, consume a high fat meal the same time every day – for example, add half an avocado or a tablespoon or two of peanut butter after a meal, and relax for a few minutes. Don’t over drink water. Drinking more water does not help moisten stools more. You shouldn’t be forcing yourself to drink extra water. D. Do the 3rd world squat. Virtually everywhere in the underdeveloped world, squatting is common to go to the bathroom. Without a toilet it’s just the most convenient way to go to the bathroom, but as it turns out, there’s lots of evidence showing that it’s a better way to go to the bathroom, and is much easier to have bowel movements. Studies have tested and compared squatting versus seated positions and found that squatters had quicker bowel movements, less strain, and reported less subjective pressure and discomfort. Heheh. Fiber – Pain, Bloating, And Gas – Anyone?
![]() My point is not to make fiber out as the enemy for everyone – my point is that, in a smaller subgroup of people who already have bowel issues, fiber is absolutely the enemy, and it is being pushed on us left and right despite the fact that it doesn’t work. Americans apparently have hemorrhoids. This makes me begin to wonder if we are maybe in a GI and digestive health epidemic. I interviewed dozens of people that lost 1. I talk about their habits. ![]() You’ll learn exactly what to do every day, as well as the missing link between “knowing what to do” – and actually doing it to see results (that stick around). You can learn all about.
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