How much is enough fiber?

[Smokescreen]

50!!!???? Dude...do you live on the toilet???

 

[Synpax]

25 a day.

First of all, if you are doing the super low carb diet thing (atkins), you need to get better educated. Fiber doesn't count as a carb. In fact, if you eat something with 20g carbs total and 10g fiber, you only count 10g.

Second, check the source:
http://atkins.com/global/search-results.html?search_string=fiber

Personally, I get 100g+ a day of fiber. The reason I'm 'normal' rather than constipated is I drink well over a gallon of water.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Don't worry about it to much. I might just be a freak of nature but I've never had a problem with "regularity" on a low carb diet.

 

[Smokescreen]

LOL. I'm not constipated at all. And yes I do drink over a gallon of water a day. I would say like a gallon and a half. It's just that since I started this low carb diet, I've been only poopin once a day. When before I would go 3-5 times a day.

 

[variation]

hehe, well.. enough for what? what is your purpose for using fiber, it's not really essential for life, but it can be useful for a number of reasons... so it really depends on your reason.