Some Fiber is Absorbed As Glucose? Westman v Rosedale

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Considering that one dietician told my oldest daughter to eat no more than 6 ounces of meat a day (or something REALLY small), and another dietician told my youngest they should eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, but limit bacon to no more than twice per week, it’s going to be a while before anything happens to fiber.

My rules:

• if you’re hungry, eat; it you’re not hungry, don’t eat
• if you’re hungry within a few hours after you just ate, eat more; or eat fewer carbs (unless you’re exercising a lot - even I can have the occasional hunger then)
• prioritize meat and eat as much of it as you want

That’s it.

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Dr. Westman says that new research tends to suggest that the indigestibility of carbohydrates that were originally considered types of fibre has now been called into question.

Yes, that was exactly the case with isomalt syrup, it’s digested along the brushy border of the small intestine. This article suggests the entire issue rests on that distinction - whether the fiber makes it to the bacterial digesting space, presumably the large intestine, or not. IMO failed to get there and was presumably both digested and absorbed at an earlier place in the intestines, while soluble corn fiber was successful bug food.