The Great Fiber Myth - Dr. Shawn Baker, Paul Saladino MD, and Mark Sisson

Fiber has been propped up as one of the pillars of health for about 60 years.

and here's the one on stopping or reducing fiber intake reduces constipation

What's the story here? Is it healthy, neutral, or even harmful?

Follow along:

[FoodLies]

If you came here from the Newsletter from Sapien.org you may have noticed we left out the fiber studies. Here's the meta-analysis




and here's the one on stopping or reducing fiber intake reduces constipation

[chantalbeauchamp]

I've been constipated my entire life. Tried every diet, every fiber pill on the market. Magnesium citrate was my best friend and never went anywhere without it for years. Now that I've completely eleminated fiber of every form known to man and eating a carnivorous way of eating has my constipation was completly resolved! Amen, I tell ya this is the best woe for my bowels.

[jlaradgk]

The only doctor missing is dr ken berry

[danb]

Taking nearly all fibre out for 2 weeks so far and I only have to wipe once now instead of ten times...its insane, I also have almost zero flatulence when before it was literally constant!

[alphacause]

As always, when it comes to matters of biology, the evolutionary paradigm is particularly useful when assessing the truth or falsehood of a particular claim coming from the industry funded experts. If fiber were so essential to human health, how did humanity thrive for millennia in frigid climates, particularly during the Ice Age? How do certain tribal societies live today in arctic climates. Foods high in fiber simply cannot grow in such cold environments, in any sufficient degree, to where human beings could consume the modern RDA of fiber. In order for these experts to maintain the view of how indispensable fiber is, they would have to posit that for most of human history, these people endured massive constipation and early death from colon cancer.

[annaburns]

Not sure why, but if I eat more than a VERY small serving of veggies, I get stomach cramps. I have gotten them all my life from veggies, but did not realize it was from the veggies until I went about 98% carnivore. Then my stomach started feeling much better! No cramps.

[geetus]

The fruit and vegetable study that's cited: "In conclusion, this 24-day fruit and vegetable intervention trial showed no beneficial effects on oxidative DNA damage or expression of DNA repair genes. This may suggest that the antioxidant properties or effects on oxidative DNA damage play little or no role in the cancer preventive effect of fruit and vegetables. Alternatively, it is possible that the subjects enrolled in the study were not exposed to any type of oxidative stress that would have produced oxidative damage. Also, it needs to be taken into consideration that the subjects selected for the study had a relatively high habitual intake of fruits and vegetables and were nonsmokers. Additional studies on the effect of fruit and vegetables on oxidative DNA damage in oxidative stress situations are needed to support a role for fruit and vegetables in the prevention of cancer." The conclusion is NOT that there is no positive effect of fruits and vegetable on cancer.

[ProdigalNomad]

is there a full version of this video? I'd love to see the rest of it.

[ReaIistik]

This explains why when I tried to go Vegan for a week, I could barely use the bathroom.

[robbs]

my daughter has mild Hertzsprungs. Her GI doc wants to push fiber and miralax. should I move her over the a high fat keto diet?

[SenorJuan]

I tried carnivore for three weeks and it was WAY TOO BORING. The lack of bowel movements was SCARY.

[laurie]

Great conversation. 👏 so many ignored studies and first hand experience validating that needing fiber is bogus .

[thomasgronek]

Thanks for the great presentation. Kinda funny, the advertisement was for a Clif bar, the only thing funnier would have been Metamucil.

[geetus]

Please provide citation for the claim that there's no benefit for fiber in lipid reduction or hypertension.

[lycurgussparta]

This is a heavy Star Cast of the brave new frontier of medicine

[erickbrian]

Doesnt paul eat fruit now which has fiber

[livincincy]

How many studies show that factory cigarettes are safe ?
It is a medical fact that they are safe.
We still promote their use.

[Teresa-xqut]

I have Celiac Disease and 3 other autoimmune diseases. If I eat fiber it makes me so sick, it causes an autoimmune response in me. I feel horrid and it tears up my gut! It makes my body hurt bad!! I went keto and found 99% of veggies does this to me so 5 days ago I went Carnivore and feel great! I've lost 4lbs, bloating is gone and I feel good.

[itsagoodday]

I wonder if this would help someone with Endo. As passing the stool is more complicated than producing more poop.

[metroduck]

There is one great Benefit for Fiber… it easily makes you Feel FULL without high calories intake…. This is particularly helpful for those who want to lose weight or those who doesn’t wanna gain weight.