Diet tip

[Clancelt]

Ok, this is actually kind of funny. I was reading the April 2008 Musclemag and there was a article about burning fat. Had a workout routine, mostly ab work to build some def and cardio for overall cal burning, and a nice little diet plan. The author was really pushing fiber supplementing because the usual high protein diet most of us eat is really shy on the fiber content.

I started going over my diet and you know what, he's right. Other than a bowl of Allbran in the morning, I had almost zero fiber in my diet. So I need to fix that! In the article he recommended Metamucil, 2 servings first thing in the morning and 2 more in the afternoon. I don't like the taste of that stuff so I picked up a bottle of Fibersure. It has NO taste. You can actually mix it with a glass of water and it still taste like plain old water. It's also 5g of fiber per serving, Metamucil is only 3g.

So starts my new addition to the diet plan. My wife, the RD, walks into the kitchen just as I finish downing a shake which now includes 10g of fiber. She sees the bottle and ask what it's all about. I tell her about the article I read and my plans. That is when her professional advice kicks in.

"Don't take a whole serving to start. ease into it slowly. It takes a while for your body to adjust to an increase of fiber intake"

Not something someone who just downed a double dose wants to hear!

My advice, listen to my wife. She is very smart with this kind of stuff. Wow that stuff works fast..... ugh.

[FrankH]

Still recovering from a bout of diverticulitis, and armed with antibiotics and an order to supplement with and eat more fiber, this sounds like good advice to me! Bryan McClain recommended Fiber One bars, so I'm eating one with breakfast. 9 grams of fiber, and they taste pretty good. Plus a supplement at night.

Geez, are we geezers or what? Talking about fiber-- and getting into it, no less! We're getting old, my brother!

[Sheaf daddy]

Fiber One bars taste great - My kids love them! and they have 9 grams of fiber. I actually do one mid-morning and sometimes one at night.

[barbe705]

Haven't you people ever heard of fruits and vegatables?

[Clancelt]

Are they made of meat?

[Jeff Storey]

veggies, it's what meat is made of. mmm, veggies-by-proxy....
I eat vegetarians, is that sufficient? please advise.

[barbe705]

I was a a vegatarian for 17.5 years. I'd advise not trying to eat me.

brent

[scotbybirth]

Too much fiber.... uhhhggggg.... (as he reads on....) Your wife is absolutely right! The recommended daily intake for the average person is about 30-35 grams, if I remember correctly.... that's not including if you are on a high protein or low carb diet. I tried it once, and was miserable If you can find them, try the kashi go lean bars- very tasty, and good amount of fiber (not too uncomfortable). Also, Ginny and I were out yesterday (Vitamin World in Williamsburg Outlet Mall) and discovered Cytosport Muscle Milk with fiber... I have not found it online yet though... MMMMMMMm...... veggies!

[S McCracken]

benafibler also works well and has no taste i put it in everything even egg whites. Also make sure you get a fiber that desolves completly, medasludge will clean out your colon but has little health benafites like a good desovable fiber source.
I like grren beans with my meat does that count for veggies?

[randy]

from what i hear, fiber's the stuff that makes ya poo. maybe i'm blessed in that dept...i'm a twice-a-day kinda guy.

so fulla crap, my cup runneth over!

ahahahaaahahhaahahahh

veggies are the colorful things that get heaped on my plate next to the meat. and since i'm a longtime member of the Clean Plate Club, veggies on the plate means veggies get et.

just saw an article on the news about a recent study on long life...outta 450 of those good ol' timers, not one vegetarian! good enough data for me!
(20% were 40-yr smokers! many were obese or overweight! turns out, the gift of long life appears to be a gift after all -- appears to be genetic!)

this discussion brings to mind the "Mad Max" character on John Boy & Billy who once addresses PETA with the statement, "If God hadn't intended us to eat animals, He wouldn't have made 'em out of meat!"

wwwaaaaaaahhhahhahhahahhhahahhahahahaahhahhaha!!!

rking

[S McCracken]

get your fiber up and you will go 3-4 times a day.

[Sheaf daddy]

and that is a good thing?

oh by the way the whole urban myth that the average american has 10lbs of redmeat in their bowels is BS

[S McCracken]

you saw Beverly Hills Cop this weekend too.

[Sheaf daddy]

no but is always funny how many people quote that as a real statistic and they forget that is came from an Eddie Murphy comedy.

[scotbybirth]

10 lbs. ? I thought it was 5....

[Sheaf daddy]

still - not true - get a colonoscopy sometime. You don't weight 5lbs less after the "cleansing" process

[Clancelt]

But you will walk kinda funny...