Is Fiber Really Necessary For Digestive Health?

The narrative unravels

ZZ Griffith
9 min readDec 14, 2023
Girl with stomach ache from eating dietary fiber.
Girl with a stomach ache from dietary fiber photo by piotr_marcinski at Depositphotos.com

You may have heard that a properly functioning digestive system necessitates the consumption of dietary fiber.

But does it?

You may have heard dozens of doctors recommend a daily regimen of fiber, like psyllium seed.

It improves regularity and you’ll feel better.

And you should eat vegetables because they’re so good for you and you need fiber, right?

Did it work for you?

It didn’t work for me.

Were you told to drink more water to make your fiber supplement work better? I was.

It didn’t work.

The USDA website¹ states a woman eating a 2000 calories diet should consume 28 grams of fiber per day.

That’s more fiber than I’ve consumed in the last six months.

The positive outcome — no pun intended — of consuming virtually NO fiber, resulted in a significant improvement in my digestive health.

My long list of uncomfortable digestive issues disappeared.

Does that surprise you?

Doctors with clinical experience treating root causes — not symptoms — share an emerging opinion of fiber

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ZZ Griffith

Hi! I’m ZZ, writing about metabolic health. Join me as I share my journey from a plant-based diet to carnivore. My goal is to inform. I've been on both sides.