Dr. Trisha Pasricha

And then some days I would just find myself like with my husband leaning over the kitchen sink, like picking off the macaroni of my kid's plate and just saying like, I'm full, like let's call it a day right here.

And that's what we did.

And when I kind of let go of being so virtuous about how I was going to meet my fiber needs,

I said, okay, let us just like plan on me not meeting my fiber needs through my diet.

What am I going to do then?

And then it clicked.

And then I found the laziest possible solution to just give my gut the exact thing that it needed.

And so I started taking a fiber supplement.

So I take psyllium every day.

Psyllium is this powder.

It's a plant-based fiber supplement.

I mix it into my coffee.

It's a soluble fiber.

I'm mixing it in the liquid that I'm drinking anyway.

You do have to drink it quickly, and it does need to be taken with water.

The reason you have to drink it quickly is because it's a soluble fiber that turns into a gel.

That's what also makes psyllium so wonderful.

The cardiologists have loved psyllium for even longer than we have in gastroenterology because it can help lower cholesterol, and we have that in my family.

But it's also a shapeshifter.

So if you have diarrhea, psyllium will add a little bulk to your stool.