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fiber in diets
2022-08-18 12:26A rabbit hole I've been going down recently... so the current recommendation is to get at least 14 g(rams) of dietary fiber per 1000 calories, so 28 on a 2000 calorie diet. You may also see "25 g for women, 38 for men" because apparently men are supposed to be eating 2700 calories/day, which I'm not sure I've ever done. Anyway. How much do Westerners actually eat?
Average for US and UK is 12-18 grams/day. Big difference.
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Does all of that make any difference to me? Yes, actually; I've shifted hard in a 'Mediterranean' direction, or "flexitatrian in a pescatarian direction". Nothing's absolutely ruled out, but I'm back to whole wheat bread, and not buying non-fish animal products to take home and cook, vs. my recent norm of 'rye' bread and daily pork/steak/chicken.
(Power of proofreading: my second pass caught like 5 typos.)
Average for US and UK is 12-18 grams/day. Big difference.
( Length )
Does all of that make any difference to me? Yes, actually; I've shifted hard in a 'Mediterranean' direction, or "flexitatrian in a pescatarian direction". Nothing's absolutely ruled out, but I'm back to whole wheat bread, and not buying non-fish animal products to take home and cook, vs. my recent norm of 'rye' bread and daily pork/steak/chicken.
(Power of proofreading: my second pass caught like 5 typos.)
