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Quitting fibre changed my life completely for the better

‘Fibre is indigestible many sugars, how is that good for you, it’s insane’ - no scientific literature presented anywhere near this opinion.

Cutting out fibre and increasing fat consumtion cured my constipation and digestion issues. Fibre made constipation worse despite doctors always telling me otherwise. Gut bacteria present in the gut depends on what you are eating, if you eat high sugar foods, including carbs, youre feeding bacteria that craves sugar, the bacteria we dont want

ALL GREAT information. Thanks 4 sharing. More Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee 😊

I love your channel! Always new and exciting topics with great-respectable guests!!

I love Zoe! She doesn't hold back!

Until recently, I was insistent that any grains I consume mainly be a whole grain source. Then I cut way back on that, due to looking at low oxalic eating (I am all for paying attention to that and the best interview is from this channel), esp since I was having issues with kidney stones. A doctor had also mentioned fibre isn't all that important. That shocked me but decided to try it Since cutting back, yes I see a difference in the areas that were unbalanced, BUT a few months in I've decided to reintroduce whole grains but with balance, because I feel the fibre and the nutrients did contribute positively. In this case it is about balance. I saw that taking whole grain fibre out of my diet showed negatively in my face, and I see the same in this woman, mainly hooded eyelids and water retention. We need something to help move the waste along, and fibre does a good job of it. Addressing the imbalance in your particular experience is the key. I would, however, like to get more fibre from veggies and fruit, which I also neglected. Every change we make crowds out other habits, good bad or otherwise. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR OWN BODY AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.

Dr Dennis Burkett FRCS found that native Africans with their high fibre diet rarely suffered from colon cancer or appendicitis.

THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSES, BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO👍👍👍

The only thing that I question about things like kefir is that it is a milk based bacteria (that's ok) but surely that only helps with lack of milk based bacteria. I agree that we probably need to consume all types of healthy food bacteria. Talking about gut bacteria, I have watched some reports where people have had some serious gut problems and then they have undergone a faecal transplant from another healthy human, and their gut problems have resolved themselves within days. It's all interesting and I am passionate about learning more.

Dr. Zoë Harcombe's fresh take on fiber is an eye-opener! It's fascinating to see how diverse dietary needs are across different cultures and environments, and how one-size-fits-all dietary advice, like high fiber intake, might not suit everyone. Thanks for shedding light on this and encouraging a more nuanced approach to nutrition based on individual health needs and geographical diets.

i agree we don't need fibre but why do we need fermented fibre for gut flora as she says? contradictions here

Our bodies have the phenomenal ability to break down foods in a variety of environments all over the world. Northern diets tended to be more animal based and therefore lower in fiber. The more south you went plant diversity exploded and so did fiber intake. There are tribes and societies who subsisted on high amounts of fiber and some that subsisted on none. We need to diversify our foods in our respective environments as much as humanly possible through regenerative farming and ranching and stop the diet wars.

Sugar and processed food are the issue..

I have been able to eat plenty of food and stay lean increasing both protein and fibre significantly. I find it very enjoyable. 😊

Love Dr. Harcombe!

Dumb question: doesn't taking probiotics during an antibiotic period nullify the full effects of those antibiotics ?

Carnivore, zero fiber. Smooth sailing every morning.

After contracting Norovirus on a cruise, I was constipated, going once a week. I have a heathy diet as mentioned in the podcast. After two months I reluctantly purchased All Bran for a short period, which got me moving again!

She has balls, its an attractive quality. Thanks for your honesty

I only ate veg and fruit for 30 years, believing the narrative "high fibre low fat." As a result, I ended with a very long colon and haemorrhoids. These turned into 3 blood clots and required emergency surgery. I'm now on carnivore, but unfortunately, the damage has been done, so I require bowel medicine daily. I wish to God I never ate veg ever. I've never eaten fast food or highly processed rubbish. I made the old style bread, so that was my "bad" food in my life. After the emergency surgery, the surgeon said to have more fibre, so I upt to 35/40gms daily. It wasn't until I was able to hook up to KZfaq that learned this was all lies. I was angry to think the so-called medical professionals didn't research more in the past. Oh well, that's life. Cheers Rosemary Western Australia 73yrs

there are so many things with lots of fibre and nearly no carbs ... with heaps of good "byproducts" like wild herbs and such good fibres are important, but you dont need many

Is this correct for ppl with diverticulosis too?

So I'm devouring all kinds of information from all kinds of people on KZfaq but a question I would have is supposedly the hazda have low incidence of all types of diseases including Crohn's disease and apparently they consume 100 to 150 g of fiber a day. Doesn't this contradict what she is saying about fiber?

Surely if you’re constipated you need to consume more fat, not drink more water?

So true, we need peeps like you telling the truth, not just following the narrative that's are popular at the moment.Never felt as good as I did when almost was on zero fiber. Unfortunately I belived these influencers telling us we ned as much fiber we can get as that seems to be the current narrative.

Question: does fiber slow down high blood pressure? What about broccoli fiber?

I'm not entirely convinced. True, we are adaptive in our microbiome which can reflect and adapt to our diet. Any wholefood, plant based diet will contain fibre. They ameliorate glucose absorption into the bloodstream and feed our gut bacteria, the beneficial by products of which are not totally understood. True, a carnivore diet would have limited fibre and people seem to do well on this diet. No long term studies have looked at their effects. Yes we have anecdotal evidence from certain groups such as the Inuit but how much data is there on the specifics of their microbiome. I agree that shovelling breakfast cereal as a means of fibre intake is a slight marketing ploy but that's not what I believe fibre intake is just about.

What is the evidence that probiotics are efficacious?

Where in the uk u get ur goat kefir?

When someone says, "You don't need Protein..."........Or, When someone says, "You don't need Fat..."........When someone says, "You don't need Carbs..."........Or, When someone says, "You don't need Fiber..."........BEWARE!!! Our body is not about "only this, and not that"!!!! Fibre is required for the body, like Fat is needed or Protein...etc. There is no strong evidence of what she is talking about(that Fiber is useless)!

I think debating nutritional models is one thing, but there is fact that those with high fiber diets have better health outcomes including lower cv disease, diabetes, strokes and cancers. This is never discussed with the anti fiber brickade. Clinical outcomes always trumps health model suppositions.

Dr. Zoe is correct on the pronunciation of Kefir😍

Watched the video, and i'm still not sure what is the points she was trying to explain. I mean... what is the objective of saying that what we believe about fibre is wrong? We sould not eat fibre because we eat kafir instead? Why we shoul choose one choice when there are many other choices with the same effect, and also available almost anywhere?

I love her

i need to see the first long lived carnivore centenarian . most long lived population eat more of plant based. we have done for centuries and now its all bad. just sounds nonsense to me.

What message do i need to take away here? As a diabetic fiber is supposed to be my best friend, the anti inflammation compounds are found in plants/carbs and not in protein /meat/eggs. Fiber has a positive effect on my glucose spikes after meals. Surely Dr. Z has a solution for diabetics. An episode on a grocery list and Continuous Glucose Monitor readings, what to do with the data and what to eat to fit the goal would be very beneficial to all.

Into my 4th year of carnivore and eat virtually no fibre and my gastrointestinal healtg has never been better.

😳😳😳😳😳😳at 3:55 did she say it is important that we start out with vagina bacteria? Well if vagina bacteria is vitally important, then should you take a supplement, if you were delivered by cesarean? What about the post biotic molecules that the good gut bugs produce that are highly beneficial throughout your body? Is more fiber good if you have lots of good gut bugs? She has a point: In a perfect world if you eat real food, and have a good balance of your macronutrients, you should naturally have plenty of fiber. Plants use glucose to build starch and fiber. Some fiber is not eaten ( and helps the waste move along to the exit point) this is the insoluble fiber. The soluble fiber is consumed by the bacteria in your intestinal microbiome. Eating real food promotes the bacteria species that creat molecules that are beneficial ( good bugs). Eating crap foods promotes the over growth of bacteria species that produce molecules that degrade health ( bad bugs) At any one time you should have more good bugs than bad.

Looking at these comments as well as hearing the video, it sounds like people are getting upset for many reasons. I grew up vegetarian, and because the variety of "foods" we eat are not really foods. That's the corruption in the American food industry. If everyone cut out all refined and non refined carbohydrates, and all refined and non refined sugar, fine - this last is probably on the right track. Especially saying there are no essential insoluble fibers. If you are eating acting with sugar, you'll need non soluable fiber as a base lining in your stomach to protect your body from glucose spikes. Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Jesse... Glucose Goddess seem more in to helping people make the beginning changes they need in order to get healthy from a very unhealthy place of having metabolic disorders... which is about 80% of us Americans. Just ideas.

This is how she describes her own diet. She does not follow her own advice . There is way too much evidence to support the complete opposite of what she is saying. "I eat fruit most days, but not too much and because I like it, not because I think it is good for me. I eat a lot of vegetables/salads - locally grown/in season wherever possible. I eat very dark chocolate pretty much every day and quite a lot of it! It's a great source of minerals and saturated fat ;-). I do eat starchy carbs - just not daily. I enjoy porridge (plain oats and whole milk) - especially in the winter. I like brown rice and (veggie) curries/chilli. Sometimes, there’s nothing like a crispy baked potato and melted cheese."[24]

Just don’t eat any ultra processed foods. If you eat animal protein, veggies, and legumes you’ll be grand. Natural fiber is basically food for the gut bacteria, and it is great at slowing down the sugar spike if you are insulin resistant. Not to mention, vegetables have other great minerals and vitamins. However, carnivore diet in the short term is very effective at helping you get rid of your carb and sugar cravings. Fasting 36-72 hrs does wonders as well at healing the body. Probiotics are not as effective as you think because if you do not feed the bacteria the right food, they won’t colonize, and will just die off. Maybe the probiotics should come with feeding instructions for the bacteria lol.

We cannot digest fiber which is cellulose. We have a small secum mammals that eat plants like apes or gorillas have a very large secums and are made to sustain themselves. We are carnivores

Vergan's revolt coming up🤣🤣🤣

I watch less health content lately because it gens redundent after years of immersion. I ALWAYS watch Dr. HARCOMBE's videos.

Cue Tim Spectre.

Fiber slows the absorption of all carbs . Your glucose meter will prove it .

Like they say now.... MAN IS HE ONLY ANIMAL THAT EATS THE WRONG DIET...

Essential and Optimum are different

if you're plugged up, melt a tablespoon of butter and drink it. you'll be toilet locked for a while.

Would love to hear Dr. Gundry's response also Dr. Hyman

Well, I tried carnivore - zero fibre and in 10 days I got constipated beyond tolerance. I know do low net carb diet, but with plenty of chia and other seeds.

I don't know who to believe anymore. 😭

Low fiber high carb diet vs high fiber high carb diet, studies 😶‍🌫️

The fact that I had VERY few bowel movements on the carnivore diet indicates fiber is indeed necessary.

This was like a comedy...like David Brent discussing gut health?

I am listening to this 1 PERSON with caution.

Fiber helps to decrease my appetite tho

All fruit and vegetables come encased in fiber. Is she then saying fruit and vegetables aren't good for us either?

How amazing is it to hear reasoning that harkens back to a caveman? Fifteen years ago, the British had never heard of kefir, nor had they heard of sauerkraut or any other fermented foods except beer. By the way, where these fermented foods have been eaten for hundreds of years (Eastern Europe, Georgia, for example) they also get the same diseases, despite the diet.

8:10 "When you've broughten up probiotics a couple times.." "Broughten," is not a word. Lol

Yeah, I don’t know why you’re listening to this woman because I have been suffering with bowel issues my almost my entire life and come to find out is that you actually need that fiber to feed the micro biome in your colon so for her to sit there and tell people to stop eating fiber is really irresponsible

This is factually incorrect. If you are consuming a standard western diet than you absolutely need fiber. Why? Because the microbes in your colon feed on three substrates; fiber, your mucosal lining or beta hydroxy butarate( a type of ketone). When you eat the sad diet full of sugar and refined grains you'd better eat fiber or the microbes will feed on you. Carnivore diet and keto diets produce bhb so you are good!

What is she sayıng? She is confusing. Simplicity please!

@2:45 - uhoh, "caveman" argument! Sorry, that seriously detracts the credibility of your arguments

We need fibre. Our ancestors did not survive on animal alone. If they were not successful in trapping/catching and killing an animal, then they ate berries, nuts, roots and greens. That is what our now obsolete appendix was for. However, even today, we still need fibre to keep our colon in good condition.! Zoe Harcombe tells us she does eat fruit and veggies but doesn't say how much. Lots of fibre there.!

“In what other field is waste good for us?” In biology, all over the place. In fact, virtually nothing in biology is wasted. Lactate, a “waste” product of anaerobic glycolysis, triggers all sorts of metabolic benefits including improved mitochondrial oxidative capacity, BDNF production and increased neuroplasticity in the brain. Oxidants, produced in excess during exercise (“waste”?), trigger the very adaptations we seek with exercise. Even CO2, the ultimate “waste” product of aerobic metabolism, is essential to maintain blood pH and respiratory drive. Similarly, fiber, which the uninformed might dismiss as waste, is not wasted. Rather it’s transformed by gut bacteria into things like short chain fatty acids and thousands of other chemicals that are absorbed through the epithelium and used to modulate human metabolism, appetite, mood, memory and cognition, blood pressure, glucose homeostasis, immunity, and sleep. I suppose you could argue that fiber is not essential, but calling it “waste” displays a striking lack of understanding of basic biology.

Fibre is the antidote to carbohydrates. Otherwise useless.

There are two types of fibre, soluble and insoluble.

Emotional opinion

i can't eat meat without eating vegetables of some sort....

quack

Only fiber I get is from fruit

All well and good to attempt to implant probiotics in your gut. How to guarantee that the probiotics will survive and multiply wildly ?? Answer : give your probiotics food to feed on. What do your microbiome need to survive and feed upon ?? Answer : FIBER !!!!

I'll still eat fibre!

Why she seems so uptight, maybe the lack of fiber? 😂 Goats kefir is amazing, but not enough to restore screwed up microbiome about which she doesn't know much.

Sick of this ignorance... if God created it for you and guided you to it (fruit and veg) then be more humble and inquisitive and less dictatorial!

Her logic is almost sadistically wrong. THERE IS NO CALORIC effect caused by ANY food that cannot be digested. Such as carb fiber! AND fermented foods DO NOT replace the bulking quality of fiber. Use dried prunes if you must avoid grains. AND many cannot handle dairy and histamine imbalances make most ferments ( any kind) a bad idea.