And constipation!
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zephr_c@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoFiber doesn’t actually have any nutritional value. It functionally just scrubs your intestines when you eat it. If you don’t have enough fiber it can cause very weird digestive issues as strange things build up in your guts.
Pherenike@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Thank you!
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, physical scrubbing, sure. But also, specific fibers are required for a healthy gut microbiome to function and maintain a proper balance of microbes that produce other micronutrients that your body cannot make on its own as well as fending off the types of microbes that subsist of sugars and fats alone.