Fibre supplements in diet?

[Pflanzgarten]

I eat reasonably healthy with fresh veg a good few times a week (in fact usually at least five times a week) but I'm wondering if I'm getting enough fibre? Fruit is a bit lacking in my diet.

There's no signs of anything wrong but I generally prefer to fast through the morning (which includes a workout) and then eat some eggs and brown toast for lunch.

The reason for looking at this is really down to this guy on social media;
https://ravmalikfeelgreatsystem.com

Which obviously prickles my "bullst-ometer" but his videos seem to make sense.

Whilst not strictly dieting, I do control calorific intake to keep the middle age spread in check (below 1700 a day) but whilst planning meals around children and work etc I'm not always certain I'm getting the right balance.

[Panamax]

Pflanzgarten said:

II do control calorific intake to keep the middle age spread in check (below 1700 a day)

If that 1700 is a genuine number you must be very slim!

Leaving that aside, just add a small portion of Bran Flakes in skim milk for breakfast. At other meals simply pile your plate as high as you like with with veg, especially green or orange ones.

Fruit is good, subject to higher sugar content and overall calorie requirement. The redder the better. Or bananas.

[nuyorican]

Check out a supplement called Inulin. I like it because it doubles as a sweetener. I pour the stuff on cereal, yea and coffee etc. Makes you fart like a champ tho.

[popeyewhite]

nuyorican said:

Check out a supplement called Inulin. I like it because it doubles as a sweetener. I pour the stuff on cereal, yea and coffee etc. Makes you fart like a champ tho.

Couldn't one just use a sweetener, and forego the wind?

[Pflanzgarten]

Panamax said:

Leaving that aside, just add a small portion of Bran Flakes in skim milk for breakfast. At other meals simply pile your plate as high as you like with with veg, especially green or orange ones.

Fruit is good, subject to higher sugar content and overall calorie requirement. The redder the better. Or bananas.

The simple answer for fibre always seems to be breakfast, it’s just I prefer to skip breakfast most of the time.

Then for the rest of the time, yes veg is ideal at main meal times but not really at any other point.

As it happens, I don’t have a sweet tooth, no sugary snacks, no sweets, none taken in tea or sugar.

I do however drink alcohol (that old demon) and I’m concerned about that turning into sugar. I do try and limit my intake to whisky to lessen the effect (plus I like it!) but a beer or two is always nice.

The other thing I’ve done for years is fruit juice, I just had no idea how bad it was for you (I thought the opposite!). If I was thirsty, my go to would be a pint glass with ice and a 60/40 mix of fresh orange juice/water. I’d go through about five or six litres of the stuff every week.

[popeyewhite]

If you just want to add fibre to a meal supplement with psyllium husk perhaps. Yes, fruit juice very sugary, I stick to berries/bananas for my fruit goodness.

[Pflanzgarten]

Maybe I should pay to see a proper dietician. There’s just so much noise about dieting on social media with all kinds of advice it’s difficult to tell what’s actually healthy to the individual-I suspect it’s simply a case of one thing can’t suit everyone.

Take today for instance, an early morning walk with the dog for a few miles followed by a bowl full of fresh fruit (at leat I’m trying-I wouldn’t normally have the fruit).

I’ll follow it with a couple of boiled eggs and whole meal toast for lunch.

Then a regular meal at tea time with the family, almost always home cooked and with broccoli and carrots if it suits.

[Sticks.]

I've taken psyllium for years, mainly for IBS. It helps restore the digestive rhythm, though for some it makes it worse. It's hard to get enough insoluble fibre from food alone. From what I've read it also helps flatten sugar spikes from eating/drinking. But if you have a healthy diet including plenty of fruit and veg, would you need to?

Like you I find egg and wholemeal toast quite sustaining for the calorie intake, but I also have blueberries and yoghurt - one egg. Is 2 eggs every day too many?

[mcelliott]

Two eggs is fine, I average around 5 or 6 a day.

[popeyewhite]

Sticks. said:

I've taken psyllium for years, mainly for IBS. It helps restore the digestive rhythm, though for some it makes it worse. It's hard to get enough insoluble fibre from food alone. From what I've read it also helps flatten sugar spikes from eating/drinking. But if you have a healthy diet including plenty of fruit and veg, would you need to?

Taken after a meal, psyillium also absorbs cholesterol. It's a handy little sup.