Dietary Fiber: The Most Important Nutrient?

(1:40 - Main Presentation) Katie Ferraro, Family Health Care Nursing at UCSF School
of Nursing, explores the types of fibers and their health benefits. [10/2013] [Show ID: 25638]

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[Sugarplum]

Wow! So many negative comments
I think she did a great job. I rarely watch videos that are this long and very few are interesting every minute. Thank you Katie! I leaned so much.

[jerryhenderson]

I do clean Keto and I eat 7-10 cups of leafy and other vegetables a day. LOW CARB does not mean low vegetables.

[GEMSAustralia]

Wonderfully explained. Lucid expression. Great will hear this lecture every alternate day

[ThatGuy-djqr]

There is lots of excellent information presented in this video Katie. Thank You! Incidentally, Dennis Burkitt wrote extensively on this topic decades ago after working in Africa and observing the connections between diet and health in underdeveloped nations versus developed nations. I am glad that the research continues on this important health topic.  At the very least, fibre is a "marker" for a healthy diet, but it is actually so much more than that, as we see in this video.

[masada]

Fibre is important to diet. Dr R Lustig has it sorted, worth listening to.

[JamesCarmichael]

I typically have a smoothie for breakfast these days. 2 table spoons of steel cut oats, a banana, a date and a cup of lettuce. You can get a good 12 -15 grams of fiber right there. I'll have an apple later in the day and some veg for lunch along with my meat/fish and maybe even another smoothie later on in the afternoon. Don't eat all your daily fiber at once and make sure you're drinking water and spacing it out throughout the day.

[gracegwozdz]

Hi fat is good if it's saturated or omega3. Whole wheat bread is bad for you because it's high on Insuline Score.

[Pospisk]

A mandatory comment in order to increase awareness of fiber's importance.

[rogerdodger]

I hate to invalidate such a nice person. This is not true. I quit eating all plants about 1 1/2 years ago. Zero carbs and zero fiber. My digestion is great. I never get hungry. I’m gaining some muscle. I’m 70 years old.

[rosilatrailera]

I eat a low carb diet, I eat a huge salad and a small amount of protein. the fat I eat is avocado, nuts and a dressing made with olive oil, lemon juice and ACV.

[caleb]

Fiber is highly correlated to nutrient density, but is fiber really essential? Perhaps it's the micronutrients in the fiber-rich foods that play the primary role in positive health outcomes and the fiber-rich foods that tend to replace refined carbohydrates in diets that can account for the correlation between fiber and BGL, low LDL-C, etc... And should we be so focused on fiber that we neglect to eat it in its original whole food form? Adding fiber to foods (fortified) or getting fiber from grains (grain proteins and pesticides are of particular concern) that are highly processed can lead to food choices that may not be as nutrient dense or benefit overall health if consumed in high amounts. Food for thought...

[coimbralaw]

How they didn’t use the lovely speaker in the video thumbnail is beyond me. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Great video.

[wittywolfwrath]

Fibers indigestible. Cholesterol is healthy the end. 👌🏻

[IndianSrMan]

Thank you. Very detailed and informative.

[Shigellosis]

Informative despite some outdated typical nutrition "advice". I learned nonetheless

[mori.kurogawa]

Good cereals is no cereals. Just eat something else. If you want to substitute natural foods by "modern foods", then you have to not only substitute fibers but also all vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, polyphenols, probiotics... and who knows what. Just eat natural, save a lot of money and your health.

[ralphpace]

I listen to another one of your seminar’s where you suggested staying away from “ casin”( not sure of the spelling) due to it causing cancer which is present in regular MILK .. Why didn’t you acknowledge that in this seminar about using regular MILK ???

[songsabai]

Processed food is high sugar, low fibre / real food is low sugar, high fibre.

[bIackcanvas]

I went Paleo because I thought it was cool, and DESTROYED my gut. I had no idea the importance of fiber, I wasn't eating enough veggies. 

Starting to eat fiber again and come back around,

[darcydiabolical]

i wish this had a transcript and/or captions. ugh