Fiber! Why Are You So Illusive?

38g would be tough.

I eat a lot of beans and apples... and I prefer oatmeal over other kinds of cereals because they don't fill me up (same for Fiber One stuff, sadly)... although Weetabix with some Triple Zero Greek yogurt is a very nice boost of fiber (10-12g for 250ish calories).

I ordered mine from Amazon, but have seen it at a local discount store (Marcs) near the Bob's Red Mill display in the baking aisle.

Raspberries, All Bran Buds and yogurt. I get my 25g before lunch!

What are you shooting for exactly? I have no problem hitting 40g with oats or beans in the morning, quinoa or some other whole grain at lunch and dinner, and about 6 servings of veg daily and a couple servings of fruit.

Any product by the company Fiber One will help you get more fiber into your diet. I personally love the oats and chocolate chewy bars and their bran cereal.

You can have some of mine. Sometimes I'm at like 70g. Too much.

TuesdayLucero wrote: »

I eat fiber vitamin gummies to help with my fiber intake. They are delicious and really help me feel more full. I eat the Vitafusion Fiberwell Fit gummies in the morning with breakfast (They include a few vitamins) and then the plain Vitafusion Fiberwell gummies (without the vitamins) with dinner. One serving of the Fiberwell Fit is 2 gummies and contain a total of 10 calories and 5 grams of fiber.

i used to take those too

I get all my fiber for the day (1200 calorie diet) by eating 44 grams of Fiber One Original cereal (not the Honey Clusters one). It's only 88 calories, and I mix it into my Chobani greek yogurts, so I get some protein too.

Here are my favorite sources that aren't veggies (that's been covered nicely elsewhere in this thread).

Nature's Path Flax Plus Raisin Bran (8g fiber / 190 cal)
The only raisin bran I've ever had where the flakes stay crispy in milk!
http://us.naturespath.com/product/flax-plusr-raisin-bran

Nature's Path Flax Plus Multibran Flakes (5g fiber / 110 cal)
Great for breakfast or as a low calorie snack in the afternoon.
http://us.naturespath.com/product/flax-plusr-flakes

Optimum Power® Blueberry Cinnamon Flax Cereal (9g fiber / 200 cal)
I haven't tried this one but it looks good.
http://us.naturespath.com/product/optimum-powerr-blueberry-cinnamon-flax-cereal

I have to second and third the Fiber One products. Great little treats that are filling and have lots of fiber.
http://fiberone.com/products/brownies-and-bars/90-calorie-chocolate-fudge

And then there is my favorite: air popped popcorn. Low in calories and high in fiber. I know it's insoluble but it is fiber after all and I get 8g every night when I snack.

How funny. I often go well over 30 without even trying. Joys of being a vegetarian I guess, lol.

I pretty much second everything everyone else says. I do eat a lot of chickpeas and lentils which multiple people have already mentioned

My favorite fiber source is jicama. Almost 5 grams of fiber in a 100 gram serving for 38 calories.

Typically I will use powdered vitafibre in a protein shake to boost my fibre (and protein) intake. A 15g serving chucked in with my shake is 14g of fibre

I swear by lentils... Around 15 grams of fiber in 1/4 cup of dried lentils! I usually just incorporate it in my dinners and use lentils in the place of rice.

I have experience in both having high cholesterol and lowering cholesterol and also experimentation in fiber. (It's a semi-long story.)

The short of it is: saturated fats are the main dietary cause of high cholesterol. Some people say sugar plays a factor, but when I had it at age 7, it's because I was going through a growth spurt and eating whole packages of pepperoni and summer sausage at a time. I was skinny, so it took awhile for my parents to catch on I was eating this poorly. They had thought I inherited my dad's high cholesterol (his is hereditary and very hard to control without meds). A year later after cutting out crazy amounts of animal-based sat fat, I was at normal cholesterol levels.

Which brings me to this point: it can take a few months to lower your cholesterol by diet alone. Try adding exercise if you're not already. For my dad, tons of exercise (he plays singles tennis ALL THE TIME) and getting his weight down to the lowest echelons of healthy BMI for his height has been what has allowed him to cut out his cholesterol meds. So, it is harder if your issue is hereditary.

Dietary changes do work though. Twenty years after my high cholesterol problem, my bad cholesterol and triglycerides are extremely low and my good cholesterol is at an ideal level.

As for the fiber, listen to the people that have mentioned beans and lentils. I personally HATE HATE HATE the texture/mouth feel of beans, but I do eat them to get the fiber because they're so convenient and commonplace. If, like me, you don't like beans in general, go for chickpeas/garbanzos and lentils. Green peas are also an okay source that a lot of people don't really think of as being a good source of fiber.

The Mayo Clinic has a convenient list of high fiber foods on their website that I have referred to in the past. I *have* to get fiber from foods, because I was told by my doctor that due to my short colon and abdominal surgeries as well as medications I take, it could *potentially* be dangerous to take fiber supplements. This was after I had been drinking liquid fiber supplements for a long time, so I was thoroughly freaked out and changed my whole diet to be more fiber rich. I still fail getting to my goal often, but I usually get enough for me and my special colon.

I like this product - you can keep it with you easily, so you can still use it even when eating on the go or traveling. You can sprinkle this on pretty much anything, and I don't notice much of a noticeable flavor change. https://secure.hodgsonmillstore.com/en/cereals/milled-flax-seed-travel-flax--71518-01014-021_group