Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: rice = soluble fiber?

Hi - I think that a lot of food labels round anything less than 1 gram per serving down to 0. There is soluble fiber in your white rice, no matter what kind (sushi, jasmine, etc.). Check this earlier post - web page

What's really interesting is that the soluble fiber quantity in foods and in supplements doesn't seem to be all that high in proportion to its effect on the gut. I think the grams really start adding up for overall fiber from the insoluble fiber foods. And I also think the serving size listed on most food labels is much smaller than the amount most people eat, so your fiber will add up to more as a result of that as well.

One interesting note...when I got the nutritional analysis software I needed to analyze the recipes for Eating for IBS, I had a lot of questions about the fiber breakdown for foods. I spoke quite a bit to the software rep about this, because every single program available had fairly limited information for fiber analysis. He said that the FDA database and information for fiber quantities in foods (which is what all of the software programs are based on)is notoriously inaccurate - to the point that they'd actually removed some information altogether and quite a few foods didn't have any fiber info at all. As far as I know, that information still hasn't been updated (the FDA only revises and updates its whole database every several years or so). I don't know if this is a factor in the rice labels or not, but ever since learning that I've been suspicious about fiber breakdowns that I see.

Best,
Heather

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