Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
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first heard Nov 2024
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Before we get into the numbers, is this fiber trend even directionally right and mechanistically sloppy?
Well, your microbiome doesn't even matter.
And most Americans genuinely are undereating fiber.
Turning a nuanced nutrient into a single number, it's kind of like protein, to maximize it, is the same mistake that we do with protein.
Just to sum this up, should
Should we be FIDORMAXing or should we not?
Well, I'm gonna let you decide, but I'm gonna show you both sides.
The FDA daily value for fibers, 28 grams a day.
And this is based on a 2000 calorie diet.
I don't know, last time it changed.
And this is what appears on the back of a food label.
Only about five to six percent of American adults meet the adequate fiber intake.
That means roughly ninety four percent or ninety five percent of this country.
Is falling short.
And this is not a new problem.
A twenty twenty-four New England Journal of Medicine Review of the N Haynes data, which is the data set that is typically quoted, found that ninety-four percent of Americans age
One and older
basically everybody miss the adequate intake for their life stage.
With adults 20 and older averaging just 17 grams a day, and roughly that's half of what is recommended.
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