I’d just like to talk for a minute about something that drives me nuts. That would be things that like yogurt, juice, and ice cream that are not naturally a source of fiber, but suddenly claim to be “a good source” of the roughage. What? Who wants fiber ice cream? Yuck.
Fiber is awesome. I love it. You should too, because I do. But beware of all kinds of foods that have added fiber to give it a superior looking nutrition profile. It’s a fake, and your body knows it. Natural sources of fiber like vegetables, fruit, and whole grains are really super for your body (digestion, detoxification, reglarity, the whole works). But fake fiber has none of those benefits. Companies often use inexpensive refined flour and then add back in fiber so that it looks healthy again. Really they’re just being cheap. So when you see 10g fiber in a tortilla, dont be overly impressed. It might have a sky high amount of fiber, but whole grains dont have that much fiber. And honestly, it is much better for your body to eat a whole grain tortilla than to eat a refined flour tortilla with all kinds of inulin and other added fibers to it.
For grains, make sure the ingredients contain “100% whole grain” rather than “oat fiber” or “inulin.” For yogurt and juice, chocolate and other random foods that are suspiciously high in fiber, just skip it. The less processed and altered from it’s original state a food, the better.
Just keeping things regular…
