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It's not. Yes, I admit it, I de-seeded a zucchini. LOL! But I only did it because it was a REALLY BIG zucchini, and the part where the seeds are is kind of mushy to begin with, and I just didn't want that in my stirfry.
Soooo... I quartered the sucker lengthwise, and then ran a knife flat down the center of each quarter, taking away the seeds and the really soft part of the pulp. I was left with firmer squash - of course, I left the skin on - and plenty of it for stirfry and then some.
For small zucchini, that would totally be a waste - you'd take away too much of the good stuff! But for REALLY BIG ones, it actually has a better texture than leaving the seeds in.
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http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/nutrition/factsheets/fiber.html
Zuchini is just slightly higher in IF - but is very nearly half in half -- having 0.5 SF and 0.7 IF in 1/2 cup when cooked. That's from frozen veggies -- which includes the skin and seeds.
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According to this chart, white rice doesn't have ANY soluble fiber in it. I thought that this was such a good SF base?? 
And some of these foods that I thought would be practically all SF is actually half-and-half. Hmmm. OK, am confused now ...
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Hi Jen. This was discussed not that long ago I think, but the thing with 'refined grains' - i.e. white flour, white rice - that have had the bran removed, is that the actual amount of total fiber in them is very small. These are really safe foods because all or most of the IF is removed, and the actual amount of SF you need to stabilize your gut, i.e. for a meal, is actually pretty small. (It can be hard to get *enough* SF from dietary sources alone though, which is why an SFS is so important for most people.)
Kandee does a much better job of explaining it in this post (this whole thread would probably be helpful to you). And this whole thread, but especially this one post by Heather also provides a really very good explanation of it all. This quote especially, I think, is really important to remember:
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don't go by fiber charts so much as the "smushable" rule. Sounds silly, but if a food smushes easily, and you could force it through a sieve, that's a good indication that it's soluble fiber. Think of cooked carrots and potatoes, bananas, applesauce, white rice, corn meal, cooked noodles or barley, etc. Or if you can dissolve it in water and it will form a gel (white bread, cooked rice, pasta, oatmeal, etc.)
If the food isn't smushable and wouldn't dissolve in water, you can assume it's more insoluble fiber (think apple peels, spinach leaves, cucumber seeds, any fruit or veggie that's got a hull or seeds or skins or is fibrous).
HTH 
Edited by retrograde (09/25/05 10:02 AM)
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In the end, I can see those find seeds in their appropriate deposit box.
Kate. 
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...the high soluable fiber content of iceburg lettuce. ROTFL (and wagging her imaginairy tail being a big dufus). It's so sticky/humid, maybe I'll pick up one of those anemic heads.
Kate.
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I have two huge size zucchini's in my fridge. Do you think I should deseed them before cooking and eating them?
Thanks.
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Laurel, I just read those posts you just mentioned where
Heather says a gram or two of SF makes a big difference. But
then, why on earth does she recommend that C's get up to
three tablespoons of acacia per day which is 22.5 g's!!!!
I just took the numbers from that chart and added up my food
fiber intake which came out to be 35 g's, now you add 22.5
to that, and I'm waaaay over the limit! It also says as a
result your C will get worse. Additionally, it says this
problem usually arises from taking too much fiber supple-
ments, which is exactly what I'm doing  . -Bob
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and the low fiber content of greens! I thought there was way more IF and total fiber in cooked greens, like spinach or chard. 
Most of the veggies I consider "SF" have more than the greens.
And bananas (which I thought were the most SF fruit) have lots of IF in them!
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