Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

how to properly describe them. And it gives me like a brain cramp to even consider it. So because it's so complicated, we have done some things to try to simplify our understanding of fiber and we've broken it into two main categories, soluble and insoluble fiber.

So soluble fiber is the part that you and I were discussing earlier, Drew, when we were talking about coffee, because basically if you take soluble fiber and you put it into a beverage and you stir it, it will disappear. you won't even know that it's there. And there are certain properties to soluble fiber, but the main one that people need to know about is that it's food for our gut microbiome.

So soluble fiber is the part that you and I were discussing earlier, Drew, when we were talking about coffee, because basically if you take soluble fiber and you put it into a beverage and you stir it, it will disappear. you won't even know that it's there. And there are certain properties to soluble fiber, but the main one that people need to know about is that it's food for our gut microbiome.

So soluble fiber is the part that you and I were discussing earlier, Drew, when we were talking about coffee, because basically if you take soluble fiber and you put it into a beverage and you stir it, it will disappear. you won't even know that it's there. And there are certain properties to soluble fiber, but the main one that people need to know about is that it's food for our gut microbiome.

I'm gonna come back to that in a moment, but just to take on insoluble fiber real quick. Insoluble fiber, insoluble meaning this does not dissolve. No matter what you do, you could heat it up. You could stir it all you want. It doesn't matter. It's still gonna be there. And this is the grit. This is the roughage.

I'm gonna come back to that in a moment, but just to take on insoluble fiber real quick. Insoluble fiber, insoluble meaning this does not dissolve. No matter what you do, you could heat it up. You could stir it all you want. It doesn't matter. It's still gonna be there. And this is the grit. This is the roughage.

I'm gonna come back to that in a moment, but just to take on insoluble fiber real quick. Insoluble fiber, insoluble meaning this does not dissolve. No matter what you do, you could heat it up. You could stir it all you want. It doesn't matter. It's still gonna be there. And this is the grit. This is the roughage.

This is the more traditional understanding of fiber that we've always kind of learned, which is that you chew it up, you swallow it, it sweeps through your intestines, and then it launches out the other end like a bowel movement. So it has a bowel movement.

This is the more traditional understanding of fiber that we've always kind of learned, which is that you chew it up, you swallow it, it sweeps through your intestines, and then it launches out the other end like a bowel movement. So it has a bowel movement.

This is the more traditional understanding of fiber that we've always kind of learned, which is that you chew it up, you swallow it, it sweeps through your intestines, and then it launches out the other end like a bowel movement. So it has a bowel movement.

uh insoluble fiber is not the part generally speaking that really is important to the microbiome it's the soluble fiber and this insoluble fiber what's unique and interesting about it is that as interesting and complicated as we are as humans our digestive system is actually rather simple We only have 17 digestive enzymes that are designed to process complex carbohydrates.

uh insoluble fiber is not the part generally speaking that really is important to the microbiome it's the soluble fiber and this insoluble fiber what's unique and interesting about it is that as interesting and complicated as we are as humans our digestive system is actually rather simple We only have 17 digestive enzymes that are designed to process complex carbohydrates.

uh insoluble fiber is not the part generally speaking that really is important to the microbiome it's the soluble fiber and this insoluble fiber what's unique and interesting about it is that as interesting and complicated as we are as humans our digestive system is actually rather simple We only have 17 digestive enzymes that are designed to process complex carbohydrates.

And this number 17 is inadequate to allow us to break down fiber. We don't have the ability as humans to actually digest it. So if we didn't have microbes, if we didn't have a microbiome, we would never be able to get the benefits from fiber.

And this number 17 is inadequate to allow us to break down fiber. We don't have the ability as humans to actually digest it. So if we didn't have microbes, if we didn't have a microbiome, we would never be able to get the benefits from fiber.

And this number 17 is inadequate to allow us to break down fiber. We don't have the ability as humans to actually digest it. So if we didn't have microbes, if we didn't have a microbiome, we would never be able to get the benefits from fiber.

But because we have a microbiome and they're mostly concentrated in our colon, this is the main place, the colon is the large intestine where you will find these microbes. There's about 38 trillion of them there. Because they're there, the fiber will work its way through our small intestine, which is about 15 or 20 feet long.

But because we have a microbiome and they're mostly concentrated in our colon, this is the main place, the colon is the large intestine where you will find these microbes. There's about 38 trillion of them there. Because they're there, the fiber will work its way through our small intestine, which is about 15 or 20 feet long.

But because we have a microbiome and they're mostly concentrated in our colon, this is the main place, the colon is the large intestine where you will find these microbes. There's about 38 trillion of them there. Because they're there, the fiber will work its way through our small intestine, which is about 15 or 20 feet long.

And it will arrive in the colon in your right lower quadrant of your abdomen. And that's where it comes into contact with your gut microbiome. And this is their food. This is their food because it is one of the only things that we can guarantee that it will not be changed. It will not be altered by digestion. It will be exactly the same that you found it in your stomach.