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iamacyborgtoday at 9:15 AM3 repliesview on HN

Fiber’s the new fad supplement.


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dudisubektitoday at 9:32 AM

I hope you're not being serious, but they're not "supplements", they're food. You can easily get them from fruits and vegetables.

While they're not essential in short-term survival, they're essential for long-term health:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559033/

We have enough peer-reviewed studies on this.

arcanemachinertoday at 9:30 AM

I thought we were onto protein now?

PunchyHamstertoday at 9:54 AM

it has been for a while, a lot of foods advertise fiber