Just take a single rice or corn chex and put on a plate or in a bowl with water. Walk away and come back in an hour or two. The chex will be enormous - because the soluble fiber in it is absorbing the liquid.
Found this out by accident when a few chex were left in the kitchen sink after washing dishes. It's a pretty good visual for what happens when you eat soluble fiber, and what it's actually doing in your gut.
- H
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