Basis for your fiber recommendation

Nutrition Q&A [Moderated]
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Jordon, I’ve seen your 35g/day fiber recommendation. Can I ask what is the main basis and/or objective for having this goal? For example, is it purely based on RDA? Are you looking for better gut health/bowel transit? Is it a side metric to encourage fibrous vegatable intake?

I think this is the one thing I’ve not heard you speak on extensively in any of your online resourses or podcasts. Thanks!

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I have spoken extensively about this in multiple other threads, but I suppose they are not catalogued so… here’s the gist:

  1. Better health outcomes associated with this level of fiber intake
  2. Requires a certain amount of whole grains, fruits, and veggies to hit
  3. Thermogenic
  4. Satiating
3

Thanks for the response. This seems like a rather difficult goal to achieve, especially if one is not eating for weight gain. Recomp and fat-loss macros restrict carbs such that I’m wondering how I could get that much fiber in a day. Is this something that can be addressed like protein, where some supplementation here or there is worthwhile?

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Depends how many carbs you’re eating. If it’s <150g/day then sure, I’d temper that recommendation. If more than that, it’s easily doable IMO.

5

If you are in a pinch you could eat a quest bar. They taste pretty good and gave decent fiber/protein/carb ratio.

6

For sure, but Jordan’s point is that for most, especially with the macros of men, you can get plenty of fiber from whole grains, fibrous veggies, and fruit.

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