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And that is you have different colored vegetables or fruits throughout the week.

And the reason for that is because there are also other types of micronutrients and vitamins that actually then help balance out your diet and your micronutrient intake if you actually have this kind of diversity of foods.

Very much so.

Whole grains are actually very rich in fiber and have a lot of beneficial monounsaturated fats.

So there are also other potential benefits from whole grains themselves.

Yeah, so fiber supplements are actually beneficial and a good source of fiber intake.

In clinic, we oftentimes recommend fiber supplements for our patients.

The supplements is an easy way of boosting daily fiber intake.

The potential disadvantage of consuming a fiber supplement is that while it is a great source of fiber, it does not contain all those other nutrients or beneficial molecules that natural fiber in whole foods contains.

It's a great question.

One could use these different nutrients and add them to virtually any product and use that to increase the attractiveness of their product and maybe the health benefit profile of those products.

However, if in totality, or if the other components of such product actually does the complete opposite, then it's not really that beneficial to consume in the first place, even if there's something that is said to be potentially beneficial.

Yes.

So 70 to 80 grams or even 90 or even beyond that fiber per day is not unprecedented.

If you look at other cultures where they consume predominantly fruits and vegetables or in those who are vegan, they already routinely consume a very high consumption of fiber per day.

However, someone who is not really accustomed or adapted to consuming that high of a fiber intake and then suddenly ramps up to 70 to 90 grams per day could along the way experience a lot of

adverse effects from such high fiber intake.

Alterations in their bowel habits, maybe disruption of the gut microbiome potentially could also cause a compromise in certain micronutrient intakes such as calcium, iron, and zinc, and also can lead to some degree of malnutrition.

If one actually wanted to increase their fiber intake, I would actually recommend that they meet with a dietician or a nutritionist so they can actually look at kind of the overall balance of their diet to make sure that while, yes, they're increasing dietary fiber consumption, that they're not compromising then on other nutrients.

You know, start low and ramp up, stay within the recommended guidelines initially.