Good dissolvable fibre supplements?

oceanclub

To boost my fibre intake, I used to buy Fibersure from Boots, which dissolves clear in liquids, and mix it in protein shakes/cordial. But this is no longer stocked. They have Fibergel (sp?), but I find this rubbish - it semi-dissolves into a undrinkable lump. Same with physillim husks. Anyone got any recommendations?

Thanks,

P.

Sapsorrow

Why not have a fruit/veg smoothie with your protein powder instead? Plenty of solule fibre there! Otherwise oats are a great source. I don't think supplements along those lines are any use and are a waste of money.

oceanclub

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Why not have a fruit/veg smoothie with your protein powder instead? Plenty of solule fibre there!

Not really, my daily requirement is 24 grams, whereas even a cabbage smoothie would probably only have 2 grams. Also, I'm on a low-carb diet so that rules out oats and eating too much fruit/juice. I'd rather advise based on scientific grounds, thanks.

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EileenG

Even (especially?) on a low carb diet, you should be eating lots of green veg. And by good luck, green veg is exceptionally high in fiber. Far more than oats. Around half the carbs in a green vegetable are fiber, compared with about 10% for oats.

So start stuffing in green veg. That includes things like rhubarb which will really keep things moving....

If you really want a fiber supplement, go to a health food shop and buy some psyllium husks. Not all of them have it, but most do, and it should only cost 3 or 4 euro for a bag. You can take it in water, or you can use it to make extremely high fiber low carb muffins.

El_Dangeroso

1 or 2 melted tablespoons of virgin coconut oil does the same thing as those fiber gel things and is far more gentle.

Having said that Eileen is right in that you should be eating a tonne of leafy green veg at the start of a low carb diet.

oceanclub

Hi EileenG,

I do normally eat 2 large helpings of green vegetable every day, but still feel I need a bit of extra fibre. As mentioned earlier, I'm afraid I cannot stand physillim husks; I'm having egg and vegetable muffins (no flour) for breakfast, not sure if adding the husks directly to those would be palatable?

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EileenG

Hi fibre muffins

1 egg
1 tbs cocoa powder
1 tbs psyllium husk
2 tbs fine milled bran (I use rice or soy)
1/2 tsp baking powder
sweetener to taste
3 tbs water.

Mix everything to a fairly wet dough, then divide into four or five muffin molds, bake in a 200C oven for around 15 minutes or so.

Pembily

EileenG wrote: »

Hi fibre muffins

1 egg
1 tbs cocoa powder
1 tbs psyllium husk
2 tbs fine milled bran (I use rice or soy)
1/2 tsp baking powder
sweetener to taste
3 tbs water.

Mix everything to a fairly wet dough, then divide into four or five muffin molds, bake in a 200C oven for around 15 minutes or so.

Hijacking thread sorry - do you eat those hot or cold?? Can you freeze? What do you serve them with?? Thanks

OP - I used to take the fibre sure (did nothing so gave up) - it is part of the Lipotrim (I never tried the program just the fibre sure) program - so any chemist that does that does fibre sure (think its actually fibre clear)!!! Could try Tesco too!!!

EileenG

I usually eat them while still warm, with butter or cream cheese, or just on their own, but I've occasionally eaten them cold later in the day and they were fine. I doubt they would last very long, but it makes a small batch, one portion really, so that's not a problem.