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Fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%

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Re: Fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%

#7
For who? The Inuit? The Chinese? Europeans? People with my ice age genetics? (Nope)

I despise studies that do not take genetics into account. Fiber made my cholesterol worse! The only thing that lowered my LDL and riased my HDL was a seafood only diet. Fiber flares my IBD, most likely from my NOD2 genetics[1][2].

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/35079107

[2] https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/22/4775

"IBD patients show that microbiota dysbiosis and diet, especially dietary fiber, can modulate its composition. These patients are more at risk of energy protein malnutrition than the general population and are deficient in micronutrients"

Re: Fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%

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post #7

For who? The Inuit? The Chinese? Europeans? People with my ice age genetics? (Nope) I despise studies that do not take genetics into account. Fiber made my cholesterol worse! The only thing that lowered my LDL and riased my HDL was a seafood only diet. Fiber flares my IBD, most likely from my NOD2 genetics[1][2]. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/35079107 [2] https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/22/4775 "IBD patients…

If you don't mind telling us, what fiber-rich food did you consume?

Re: Fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%

#10
Oh, way to bury the lede.

> You can’t improve what you don’t measure. If you’re trying to get more fiber—or to optimize other heart health nutrients like saturated fat, sodium, and potassium—Empirical Health is designed to make tracking very easy.

You can’t improve what you can’t measure and our product coincidentally helps you measure this.

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