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I have been trying to eat more fiber. It is good for my blood sugar control (I am diabetic), it helps with weight loss. I kept reading that a man should get at least 30g / day (there was some variance in recommendations: 28g - 38g). I have been using FS to help track that and found I was falling woefully short.
That got me to thinking about calories per day in relation to fiber. It is much harder to eat 30g of fiber / day if you are only eating around 1600 calories / day. So I did a little more digging. The best I have been able to come up with is 14g of fiber for every 1000 calories. On average I am doing just about fine.
I am sure with fiber, the more the better; however, I have not intention of cranking up my calories in order to reach a fiber goal.
Y'all do better than me today and I will try and do better than yesterday.
Diet Calendar Entries for 12 December 2014:
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1823 kcal
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Fat: 99.68g | Prot: 105.92g | Carb: 130.54g.
Breakfast: Benefiber Fiber Supplement, Oatmeal. Lunch: Golden Corral Sugar Free Chocolate Cookie, Roasted Broiled or Baked Chicken Breast, Cooked Pinto, Calico or Red Beans, Baby Carrots, Baked or Broiled Fish, Ground Beef (85% Lean / 15% Fat), Golden Corral Fat Free Ranch Dressing, Boiled Egg, Green Peas (Frozen), Baby Carrots, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Wild Harvest Mixed Greens & Spinach Salad. Dinner: Bacon, Roast Beef, Strawberries, Baby Carrots, Green String Beans, Apples, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Wild Harvest Mixed Greens & Spinach Salad, Wish-Bone Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing. Snacks/Other: Walnuts, Apples. more...
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2536 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sleeping - 6 hours and 30 minutes, Resting - 17 hours and 30 minutes. more...
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If you eat low caloric vegetables, it'll crank up your fiber without cranking up your calories.
I question if juicing takes out the fiber out of vegetables.
12 Dec 14 by member: NowIunderstand
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I agree you CAN do it. My primary question was should fiber recommendations be given in the context of a caloric intake. My belief and general point now is that yes, fiber should be referenced to a base of calories.
I have observed that unless I am eating vegetarian, I find it hard to get to 28 - 38g of fiber per day while only eating 1600 calories.
I personally don't believe we were are built to be efficient vegetarians. Now there is an argument to be had about how efficient does the human machine need to be in the modern society. Maybe we need eat inefficient calories (hard to convert to energy) because we are so sedentary.
12 Dec 14 by member: mattstoc
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What would be inefficient calories. I don't understand. I've never seen that term. Are some calories efficient and others not? I do understand your point. You're talking about a ratio of fiber to your caloric intake.
12 Dec 14 by member: NowIunderstand
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Not a "term" I have ever heard of either. Just a concept that came to me while thinking about fiber. Sugar breaks down easily into energy, fiber does not. From a purely physological perspective, sugar is a more effiecuent calorie (more net energy since you don't have to first break it down). For our prehistoric ancestors who had to worry about getting enough calories, white granulated sugar would have been a god send
Now, that "efficient" of a energy source probably causes more harm than good.
13 Dec 14 by member: mattstoc
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Ok, the more I thought about this the less sense my ramblings made. I think what I backed into was "glycemic index". Fiber being lower, sugar being higher. Sometimes I don't think before I type.
15 Dec 14 by member: mattstoc
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