BTW, it is easy for a vegan to hit 40 - 60 grams of
fiber a day compared to those joke of fiber pills that have 2 - 3 grams.
Not exact matches
People who ate the most
fiber (about 25 grams a
day for women and 30 grams for men) were 22 % less likely to die
compared to those who consumed the least
fiber (10 grams per
day for women and 13 grams for men).
MyPlate.gov recommends that adult females should eat at least 3 servings of vegetables per
day (Green vegetables provide the highest amount of
fiber compared to non-green vegetables), 2 servings of fruit per
day, and 2 - 4 servings of whole grains per
day.
However, when the same research team conducted a 12 - week RCT in 188 women, those who consumed a bar made with flaxseed every
day had only a slightly better reduction in hot flashes
compared to those in the placebo group who consumed a high -
fiber bar without flax every
day (20).
Women need between 21 to 25 grams of
fiber a
day,
compared with 30 to 38 grams a
day for men, according to MayoClinic.com.
Those receiving the
fiber supplement had a higher number of bowel movements per
day (1.0)
compared to those not receiving the
fiber supplement (0.7 / d).
In the Health Professionals Follow - Up Study (Hu et al., 2001), the risk of developing diabetes did not decrease with higher total
fiber intakes, but a risk reduction of 30 percent was observed in the highest quintile of cereal -
fiber intake (median 10.2 g per
day)
compared to the lowest quintile (median intake 1.14 g per
day).
One study found that adults who consumed cookie bars containing persimmon
fiber three times a
day for 12 weeks experienced a significant decrease in LDL cholesterol,
compared to those who ate bars that did not contain persimmon
fiber (22).
Compared with people who did not eat popcorn, those that did had roughly 250 percent higher intake of whole grains (2.5 versus 0.70 servings per
day) and approximately 22 percent higher intake of
fiber (18.1 versus 14.9 grams per
day), the researchers found.
A recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition
compared the effects of fermentable and non-fermentable
fiber supplements (27 grams per
day).