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Originally Posted by Zei

I've seen numerous anecdotal accounts of people doing zero carb/all animal foods diets who seem to be doing quite well without fiber or plants. Not what I would have expected with all the claims we need fiber to feed our gut microbiota. Maybe we don't?

Since going gluten-free and healing my guts, I have become quite fiber sensitive, and eat very little of it. I have long thought that the obsession with fiber is connected with the official encouragements to eat wallpaper paste -- oh wait, I meant hearthealthywholegrains.

And back when I did eat gluten now and then, on a low carb diet, like low carb wraps, it seemed to trigger constipation.