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As someone else with immune system reactions to food, it doesn't seem a great idea to modify food even more than we have done already.
That's not a good argument at all. What 'modification' do you think is a risk and how would it cause the concerns your worried about?
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Fiber is so incredibly important and much of our food in the West doesn’t have much of it. We see colon cancers and diverticulitis in people in their 30’s and even late 20’s nowadays. This wasn’t the case years ago and it’s not the case in Asian or African countries. But we don’t think it’s genetic because we see diverticulitis in people from these parts of the world 10 years after moving to the West. It’s thought th…
I've been tracking my food the past couple months and it's pretty eye opening how much fiber I've been lacking. Now taking supplements, but is there a food you'd recommend in particular? It's silly, especially to admit on this forum, but I found the Hidrate water bottle that tracks your water consumption actually increased my water intake loads as well.
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I'm wondering if someone can help, re low FODMAP diet, as I'm finding some contradictory information about which foods are low FODMAP. For example, at [1], Chickpeas are listed as low FODMAP, but at [2] they're listed as "high". Similarly for Green bell peppers. Thanks for any help. [1] https://www.ibsdiets.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IBSDiets... [2] https://med.virginia.edu/ginutrition/wp-content/uploads/site...
I recommend you check out the app from Monash [1]. It’s a paid app but really worth it and its been incredibly helpful for me (I say this as a user, not affiliated with them). AFAIK it contains the largest number of tested foods and they keep adding new foods and retesting and updating older food quantities and list out the specific fodmap associated with each food. From what I have found online, every other source i…
What eventually got me is that certain foods which were listed as low FODMAP were also trigger foods for my symptoms.
So if it doesn't seem to be working, there may have a similar issue.
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Fiber being a type of carb is also found in other high carb foods like beans, whole grains, potatoes (with skin), and popcorn. Beans are the best source of fiber by a mile in terms of quantity.
What makes beans better than psyllium husk, which has been shown to substantially lower cholesterol?
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I don't but we've been doing generical modification by trying to put two random things plants together since dawn of times.
Yes - and this is also what happens in nature all the time. Only slower and random. And surprise: many plants are poisenous. And even with the slow method of natural breeding, poisenous traits can creep back in. The potential and speed of GMO methods is just way higher. For good and also bad results. So it is not the same.
Just like with vaccines having plenty of resistant food so people don't starve far overvalue whatever little side effects you might get.
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I've been tracking my food the past couple months and it's pretty eye opening how much fiber I've been lacking. Now taking supplements, but is there a food you'd recommend in particular? It's silly, especially to admit on this forum, but I found the Hidrate water bottle that tracks your water consumption actually increased my water intake loads as well.
Besides diet Metamucil is great. My doctor has prescribed it to me. It’s OTC so you can get it at any drug store. You don’t have to use it if you’re getting fiber but if you notice you had a day or series of days where it was low then drink a Metamucil. It’s great.
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I've been tracking my food the past couple months and it's pretty eye opening how much fiber I've been lacking. Now taking supplements, but is there a food you'd recommend in particular? It's silly, especially to admit on this forum, but I found the Hidrate water bottle that tracks your water consumption actually increased my water intake loads as well.
Beans and nuts are real fiber bombs and easy to include in your diet. Also broccoli and full grain bread are good options.
Any full grain bread recommendations? When I worked at a super market a brand of “sprouted grain” was popular.
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Why only more vegetables? Isn’t fiber also in some other food?
There are two different kinds of fibers: soluble and insoluble. The insoluble one is the most important for your gut and the one in the article. This fiber you will only find in vegetables and fruits, in particular in sturdy ones such as beans, nuts and full grains.
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I'm sorry to hear about your experiences and it sounds like you learned a lot from firsthand knowledge. But, respectfully asking, what does inflammatory foods or poor eating habits have to do with GMO foods?
Also why would GMO be bad? The criticism comes mostly from people that also believe in osteopathic / homeopathic medicine in my social circle. I find it a terrific chance for humanity to engineer plants in such a way that they are more robust against disease and bad weather (with CRISPR/CAS and such methods).
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As someone else with immune system reactions to food, it doesn't seem a great idea to modify food even more than we have done already.
That's not a good argument at all. What 'modification' do you think is a risk and how would it cause the concerns your worried about?