Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Bioslife II Fiber Supplements

Hi, wow, that's expensive. It's actually not too tough to get enough fiber from most of the over the counter supplements at all. And you don't necessarily want 30 grams of soluble fiber just from your supplement. You want a minimum 30 grams of fiber per day TOTAL - which means supplement plus foods (both soluble and insoluble) combined. Taking 30 grams of soluble fiber supplement per day is a lot. You'd have to really work up to that gradually and slowly, and even then, considering that soluble fiber should be 1/3 of your fiber intake in terms of grams, that means that you'd be eating 60 grams of insoluble fiber a day. That's 90 grams total. That's completely over the top. I'd ask your doc if this is really what he intended.

Also, make sure that the supplement he's talking about is pure soluble fiber, and no insoluble.

You can really easily get 12-15 grams of supplement soluble fiber per day with Benefiber or Citrucel. And I'm going to introduce a pure soluble fiber supplement called Acacia that will also be concentrated enough to get you the dose you need.

Ask your doc more questions...something isn't sounding right here.

- Heather

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