tara said:A strong, healthy gut may be able to handle a lot more fibre than a weakened one, and some people have learned that they do better with less soluble and digestible fibre, and there's no reason to think they would all benefit from a high fibre whole food diet - as testified by several people here.
I'm not pushing a general approach,
Just raising some questions, wondering about some Peat mainstays.
The weird thing for me, in terms of the point of view you note, tara,
is that my gut was not strong--was having problems.
But the fiber from the sprouted grain bread might've helped.
I was effectively hypothyroid until just here recently.
In hypo state, the gut/enzymes just don't work right.
Mainly, sluggish, I guess.
My theory is the fiber in that bread irritated my intestines some
and increased peristalsis.
Agreed, not ideal.
But...maybe not a bad trade-off in that situation...
(Well...that's one of my theories... :) )