Zero fibre in avocado???

bigkidz
bigkidz Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition

Hi, according to everything I have read, a 1/4 of an avocado has 3.4gm of fibre. When I include this item in my daily intake, the column shows zero fibre. I think it would be good to adjust your "0" fibre when avocado is included. Fibre is an importance part of the daily diet so giving a zero for avocado isn't helping. Thanks

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 19,287 Member

    The database is largely user added, and it looks like the entry you picked, someone didn't include the fiber. There's no point asking for change in here, this is just the community section for other users just like you, no one with the power to change it. You can report the food as wrong from the adding page.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,465 Community Helper

    What Alatarial said. Also, there's almost certainly an accurate entry in the database for avocados.

    If you used a bar code search to get this incorrect one, search by typing in instead, then look at them before you pick one.

    There are several that look reasonable. Personally, I'd probably use this one:

    Screenshot 2025-11-03 102957.jpg

    Oddly, foods with a default quantity of 1 cup (but other types of measurements in the drop-down) are often good ones. If you use one of these but choose a weight from the drop-down, it will stay in your recent/frequent foods with your choice of measures as the default for you. I'd be picking "1 gram" from the list shown, and entering the weight of my avocado.

  • Aesop101
    Aesop101 Posts: 767 Member

    You don't need fiber. Fiber may block nutrients.

  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,977 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48826616#Comment_48826616

    Uh what? Cite your sources for that claim please!

  • Aesop101
    Aesop101 Posts: 767 Member

    Look up Dr. Ken Berry, "Do you need fiber in your diet?" There is no minimum or maximum recommended.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,465 Community Helper
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48826849#Comment_48826849

    A doctor is not a cite. Research studies are a cite.

    "There is no minimum or maximum recommended"? By Dr. Berry, maybe there isn't.

    By "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2021-2025", from USDA and US HHS, there is definitely a goal:

    Screenshot 2025-11-08 120600.jpg

    That's from Appendix 1 of about as official a source as a person in the US is going to get. The UK, Australia, Canada, EU and others' health authorities have similar recommendations.

    If you personally choose an eating style that doesn't priortize fiber, go you, sincerely.

    But telling people there's no recommendation? Nah.

  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,977 Member

    I prefer to get my data from science publications. For instance:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37299507/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38153313/

    https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d6617

    Now, there are proponents of the high protein and low fibre diets on here - and whilst I don’t always agree with their view, I respect them and the amount of sources they provide. Which includes medical studies. One quack isn’t that. Please don’t give definitive advice which might cause harm.

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