But Meat sits so well with my digestion, fiber is not needed 🙂
From MayoClinic:
“Fiber = probably best known for its ability to prevent or relieve constipation”
Insoluble Fiber helps flush your inflammatory system out if you are eating vegetables and beans which cause constipation. It’s a viscous cycle really.
Yeah the evidence on fiber is iffy. You can find studies supporting either position. But to your point I think fiber does help if one is eating processed foods. At least anecdotally, I found that to be the case. When I’ve done a meat only or meat heavy diet devoid of fiber that’s when I’ve had the best digestion and 0 constipation.
Everyone should perform science experiments on themselves and stop prescribing diets for others they know nothing about 🤷🏻
fibre is important but it's present naturally in meat and milk. not present in eggs btw. lactose acts as fibre when its not digested, and goat and sheep milk have a lot of both soluble and insoluble fibre in them, neatly suspended.
processed meat has less fibrous material in it, especially if it's been treated with nitrates and nitrites, these damage the structure of the sinew and such that functions as fibre in meat digestion.
it's a myth that sausages cause constipation, ffs the intestines they are (or used to be, mostly) wrapped in are fibrous and help encapsulate things. they put a lot of raw potato starch in most sausages so that's a problem there. again, chemical additives and processing techniques affect this.
