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Adding fibre
Just a quick question, what is the current thinking regarding adding fibre
to a low carb diet? I'm currently trying to keep my carbs under 20gms a day. Is there a suitable food or product I can add that I can work into my diet without adding too many carbs? Apart from this everything is going really well! Regards, Denise .................................................. ............... Posted via TITANnews - Uncensored Newsgroups Access at http://www.TitanNews.com -=Every Newsgroup - Anonymous, UNCENSORED, BROADBAND Downloads=- |
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Adding fibre
In general, if you're eating your veggies as prescribed by whichever
diet you're on, you're likely getting enough fiber. My general rule is "all the low-carb veggies I can eat" - which adds up to more than 20 g carb/day, which is OK by me. YMMV. As far as those periods of time during which you may be not eating as many veggies as you should, if your diet is high in fat, you're unlikely to have any digestive problems. In fact, you may even have diarhhea as the fat over-lubricates everything, even with no fiber in your diet. The standard answer to adding fiber to your diet is psyllium husk. But the pure stuff isn't very edible, IMO. More for an "emergency" than as part of a diet. And the doctored-up versions are full of sugar and still not very edible, so... A better addition to your diet is flax meal. It has sort of a nutty-taste, kinda like hazelnuts. All the carbs are from fiber. Plus if you keep it refrigerated, you are also getting good omega-3 fats in flax meal. A good breakfast is to nuke 3 TB flax meal and 3 TB unflavored, unsweetened milk-based protein powder in 2/3 cup water, then doctor the hot "cereal" with a bit of cinnamon or vanilla, sweetener and cream. This is especially nice in winter. You can also use flax meal most anywhere you'd use eggs as it sort of thickens up when added to water. |
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Adding fibre
IMHO: If fat is high enough, by percentage, there is no need for
supplemental fiber. "Denise" wrote in message . .. Just a quick question, what is the current thinking regarding adding fibre to a low carb diet? I'm currently trying to keep my carbs under 20gms a day. Is there a suitable food or product I can add that I can work into my diet without adding too many carbs? Apart from this everything is going really well! Regards, Denise .................................................. .............. Posted via TITANnews - Uncensored Newsgroups Access at http://www.TitanNews.com -=Every Newsgroup - Anonymous, UNCENSORED, BROADBAND Downloads=- |
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Adding fibre
Denise,
As far as I know, in the Atkins regimens, fiber carbs are not counted. Fermentable fiber supplements are metabolized to generate short chain fatty acids. You can use Methocel if you want a non-fermentable supplement, but now we're talking chemicals and not natural products. In my own diet, I use guar gum (Benefiber), which is a fermentable fiber supplement. It has only 20 cal per 6 g, and you only need about 8-12 g/day to have a good effect. Atkins was worried about the effect of quickly metabolized carbs on insulin release and triglycerides, among other issues. Fiber supplements don't have these problems, or work in a helpful way. See this link (maybe more than you want to know!) http://members.ift.org/NR/rdonlyres/...ms20001598.pdf JT |
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On 3 Jan 2006 10:33:06 -0800, "JT" wrote:
Denise, As far as I know, in the Atkins regimens, fiber carbs are not counted. Fermentable fiber supplements are metabolized to generate short chain fatty acids. You can use Methocel if you want a non-fermentable supplement, but now we're talking chemicals and not natural products. In my own diet, I use guar gum (Benefiber), which is a fermentable fiber supplement. It has only 20 cal per 6 g, and you only need about 8-12 g/day to have a good effect. Atkins was worried about the effect of quickly metabolized carbs on insulin release and triglycerides, among other issues. Fiber supplements don't have these problems, or work in a helpful way. See this link (maybe more than you want to know!) http://members.ift.org/NR/rdonlyres/...ms20001598.pdf JT I use Benefiber also. Works great for me. I am on day two of induction and feeling fine except for feeling warm. I'm starting a new blood pressure medication which I'm taking at bedtime. Waiting for it to kick in now. It's supposed to give you a headache. Maybe it works differently on low carb. Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow |
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