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      09/28/06 09:22 AM
Syl

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Wow - what an interesting and important thread!

I would have joined in earlier but I have been attending an international conference and living on my basic safe diet. It is nice to be home and be able to have more variety. Now if I could only convince the airlines to include some IBS friendly items on the things they sell and serve

Generally speaking I agree with Sand. No matter what the databases says or what is on Heather's safe list if it doesn't work for you then don't eat it!

The are many problems with amount of fibre reported in the databases. The creators of these databases don't make the measurements. Generally speaking they report results collected from a variety of sources. In some instance the total amount of fibre and SF/IF have been determined using different methods. Making matters even worse sometimes the values reported are averages determined from values collected from different sources. Even more problematic is the fact that the databases don't report the variety of the potato, squash, walnut, etc for which the measurements were made. For example, the paper about commercial mushrooms that I talked about in web page tested a number of varieties of mushrooms using the same technique. The total amount of fibre per 100 grams ranged from 2.6 grams to 10.7 and the percentage of SF ranged from 4.4% to 8.8%. I reported a similar finding for quinoa

The total amount of fibre and the percentage of SF can be dramatically different from one variety to another. The values reported in databases are only guidelines

To the best of my knowledge there isn't a authorative source of information about the the amount fibre in foods.



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* Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
Ulrika
09/24/06 01:43 PM
* Brings to mind a quote
chupie
09/28/06 11:20 AM
* Databases and Fibre
Syl
09/28/06 09:22 AM
* I think you make two points here
Ulrika
09/28/06 09:37 AM
* Re: I think you make two points here
Syl
09/28/06 09:44 AM
* Re: Hahaha
Ulrika
09/28/06 09:48 AM
* Info from the Fineli people on how to use their table! This makes sense!
Ulrika
09/28/06 08:36 AM
* Fineli database - errors and disceprancies
Syl
09/28/06 09:35 AM
* Re: Fineli database - errors and disceprancies - I can explain!!!
Ulrika
09/28/06 09:45 AM
* Re: Fineli database - errors and disceprancies - I can explain!!!
Syl
09/28/06 09:56 AM
* Hmmm, yes, different methods?
Ulrika
09/28/06 10:04 AM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
Ulrika
09/25/06 05:27 AM
* Can any of you experts help us understand this?-nt
Jordy
09/26/06 07:28 AM
* Re: Can any of you experts help us understand this?
Sand
09/26/06 02:37 PM
* Thank you so much, Sand, and everyone else as well.
HeatherAdministrator
09/27/06 11:36 AM
* Wow, Heather. I'm really flattered. But Joe is worried...
Sand
09/28/06 09:44 AM
* Sand...personal question for you
line415
09/27/06 10:14 AM
* Sand...
atomic rose
09/26/06 11:18 PM
* Potato
Syl
09/28/06 10:11 AM
* Re: Potato
atomic rose
09/28/06 12:23 PM
* Re: Casey (AtomicRose)
Sand
09/28/06 09:42 AM
* Bwahaha!
atomic rose
09/28/06 12:10 PM
* LOL!!!! -nt
MCV
09/28/06 09:52 AM
* Sand, you sure know how to get to the bottomline!--n.t.
Wind
09/26/06 07:48 PM
* terrific summary! and ...
jen1013
09/26/06 06:47 PM
* All excellent points, Jen. -nt-
Sand
09/28/06 09:48 AM
* Amen! -nt-
atomic rose
09/26/06 11:20 PM
* Well said Sand and Jen. -nt-
Gracie
09/26/06 08:08 PM
* Re: Excellent post, Sand! I totally agree with you! -nt-
lalala
09/26/06 06:24 PM
* Thank you Sand!! Very well said....-nt-
Shell Marr
09/26/06 03:42 PM
* well said Sand, thanks for taking the time for this n/t
Betharoo
09/26/06 03:17 PM
* Well said, Sand!! nt
Flipada
09/26/06 03:10 PM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
chupie
09/24/06 07:13 PM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
Jordy
09/24/06 06:40 PM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
Ulrika
09/25/06 05:12 AM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
dolls
09/24/06 06:11 PM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
Gracie
09/24/06 07:16 PM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
tummalarkey
09/24/06 06:30 PM
* Re: Soluble vs. insoluble - the core of Heather's diet
Gracie
09/24/06 04:24 PM
* So...
Jordy
09/24/06 06:44 PM
* Re: So...
Gracie
09/24/06 07:18 PM
* Aha, you mean total fiber listed = water insoluble + "even more insoluble"?
Ulrika
09/25/06 05:19 AM
* The site in my original post does list both soluble and insoluble fiber!
Ulrika
09/25/06 05:09 AM

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