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How much fiber did you eat today?

I have an article on how important Fiber is in your daily diet - in NATURAL form from food, not just from pills.

Fiber and Nutrition

I just read a book which emphasizes that women should eat 25-35g a DAY of fiber.

Look at your daily menu for today. How much fiber did you get? If you're not sure, we can help out!

I get 8 grams a day from chewable tablets - I know, not the best source, but it's my safety net. I then get 2g from my morning EAS shake. So my daily minimum is 10g of fiber.

I try to have a salad each day, so that adds some.

I just had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch, so with my 7 grain bread that's 8g for the 2 slices. So I'm up to 18. No salad yet today

I just bought some fiber tablets today... I know shame on me. I'm going out tonight and buying some of the pre-mixed salad greens and chicken breasts so that I can bring those for lunch.

I started eating wheat bread. Last time I tried it years ago, it tasted like cardboard, but recently it hasn't been so bad.

I'm off to checkout your article...I know backwards...it should be read THEN post.

I just found Lisa's High Fiber Food List - very helpful - thanks.

Yup the high fiber food list is here -

High Fiber Food List

Try to incorporate those into your daily menu!

Wheat bread is VERY good for you - far better health-wise than white bread. It's a very good idea to wean yourself onto wheat and multi-grain bread if you typically eat white bread!

I did have a salad for dinner yesterday so that helped. Today after my pills and shake I've had some whole wheat pita bread with hummis, and in a short while I'll be thinking about a real lunch ... I start my day late

I never buy white bread unless family is coming for dinner or to stay for a weekend. It makes me crazy that my grandkids are being raised on white bread - among other things that I don't approve of.

I'm not sure why families raise kids on white bread. I know I was raised on white bread and it took me many years to break that habit when I got to be an adult. Is it cheaper?

I was raised on white bread because it was cheap.. then when I went to live with my parents, my mom rarely bought white but instead bought wheat, rye, sourdough, etc. She did buy a loaf of white though for the kids that came to the house and weren't raised eating other breads that were healthier and in my opinion, tasted better.

I can't find anywhere on the web that lists prices of bread!! The next time I go to the supermarket I'm going to write down Wonder bread white and wheat to see what they cost. Does anybody know what they cost in their area?

well generic store brand white bread here is $.69 a loaf. Wheat is 1.19. Wonder is 2.59 for white and 2.99 for their wheat.

Good god I had no idea white bread could be HALF the cost!! Why in the world would manufacturers charge people less for "more processed" bread? I haven't gotten to a store yet but I'll definitely report in when I do.

This just isn't right. Stores are pushing consumers to buy less-healthy food to save money.

My favorite bread - 15 Grain is sometimes over $3 a loaf. I treat is as a special treat.

I still haven't made it out to a grocery store because of this darned flu / cold thing I have. I will definitely take notes when I get there! We get a 7 grained bread which I really like - but I have to caveat that we don't eat a lot of bread so it's really a treat when I have it the few times. It's probably different for a household where they eat sandwiches all day long.

May I add avacados to your list of high fiber foods...it's one of my favorites..

for 1 cup 150 gms...13 gms carbs...10 gms fiber which equals to 3 grms net carbs. I use them in salads, as a holder for chicken, tuna or egg salad, or just eat them as a veggie. mmmmmm

You know, I never really liked avocados, they seem mushy and green to me. But I have trained myself to like carrots, so I will work on avocados. High fiber foods are important!

It really is so worth it to train your tongue to appreciate a wide variety of flavors, it makes eating healthily so much easier. I used to hate mushrooms and I got through that.

I don't like carrots much either raw or cooked..and avacados are 1/2 the net carbs...that's in my favor. Have you ever tried guacamole? It's made with avacados, lime, 1/2 tomato, chilies and cilantro. I used to get the breakfast burrito at one of our local resturants and got guacamole on it. Now on weekends I'll brown the sausage, mix in eggs, chopped onion and shredded jack cheese and serve it with quacamole and some sour cream. It's basically the burrito without the tortilla. Later I'll try it with a locarb tortilla. mmmmmmm Last night chopped up some of the roast beef I had left over and cooked it in some butter with onion and garlic and put a dab of guacamole on it. Was pretty good.

Yes I'm not a fan of guacamole either. I will have to include that in my "working on avocado" process, to start by including small amounts of it in my mexican food.

The roast beef dish sounds delicious!

Well...nothing says you have to like avacados any more than I have to like carrots. Isn't it nice that we have such a variety of good for us veggies that we can pick and choose things we like so we don't feel deprived.

Granny - I really find it *amazingly* helpful that I've learned to like carrots, there are so many dishes you order at restaurants that just come with carrots. I'd have to send it back or starve if I hadn't learned to like them. Now I can eat them. It makes a big difference in the ease of life if you learn to eat the normal foods of life

If there's a few on top of a salad it's not probem...the dressing drowns them out...haahaha...I'd never order them as a veggie...unfortunately the only place I've ever had an avacado in a restaurant besides in guacamole was in a salad one time in a little out of the way place in Reading.

I know it's hard at first to eat them but as you add a little more each time you actually come to like them!