Too much fiber?

disgustipated
disgustipated Posts: 14 Member
edited September 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Air pollution potential aside, is too much fiber a bad things? MFP shows a negative if you go over.

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  • MTGirl
    MTGirl Posts: 1,490 Member
    Depends on how much you're talking about. MFP's setting is generally on the low side. You can go over it quite a lot, just increase slowly! :embarassed:
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    I try for 25g a day. MFP had me eating something like 14g before I changed it in my settings.

    If you're eating way too much, I think you can begin to kind of stop yourself up, so to speak. I don't know at what point that would happen, sure it varies from person to person. But I can't imagine 25-30g would be a problem as long as you're drinking enough water to get it on through your system.
  • kristie874
    kristie874 Posts: 774 Member
    Make sure that you try to eat both soluble and insoluble fiber and also be sure to drink plenty of water or you'll have a very negative affect from it. My tummy tends to hurt quite a bit when I eat more than I've been used to all of a sudden so increase slowly. I usually eat between 20-35 grams a day, depending on my meals.
  • AlterKnight
    AlterKnight Posts: 14
    I thought I read once that native Americans got 50 to 60 grams a day.
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