Reged: 02/23/04
Posts: 1213
Loc: Ewing, NJ, USA (IBS-D, Vegetarian)
People usually don't get 25 g of fiber from food a day. If you look at servings of food, most only have 1-2 g, max maybe 3-4 depending on the food. The gov't recommends getting 25 g of fiber a day from any source. But that's a minimum for people without GI problems!
I did a Google search on too much fiber, and I found the following two sites useful in terms of explaining:
Basically, they recommend no more than 35, but the problem with too much fiber seems to be that too much INSOLUBLE fiber may sweep some minerals out of your system. Adding fiber too fast can cause GI problems, but we all know that from having to up our SFS slowly.
You also have to remember that the recommendations apply to people who do not have GI problems. We need more soluble fiber to help regulate our GI systems than most other people. I don't think getting 20 g of fiber from an SFS and then more fiber from food is a problem as long as your eating a varied enough diet to get all your other nutrients.
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