It is important for everyone to understand that fiber is an essential nutrient.

And there are people on the internet who will make the claim fiber is not essential for human health.

And that is based upon them not seeing nutritional value that is direct to humans.

But guess what is valuable to humans? A healthy gut microbiome. A healthy gut microbiome plays a

critical role in your digestion, in your immune system, your metabolism, your hormones, your mood,

your brain health. This is critical to human health. We need healthy microbes.

And our microbes, they need fiber.

Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.

Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. Thank you so very much for raising your

health IQ with us in more than 130 countries around the world like Serbia, home of the plant-based

tennis champion Novak Djokovic. Also, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greenland, and the

Pharaoh Islands. Appreciate you all helping us make the world a healthier place and making

the Exam Room one of the most consumed nutrition podcasts anywhere today.

This is episode 83 of season 4, number 278 overall. And this one is all about your questions and

getting a healthy dose of fiber. Today's top question in fact, how much fiber do you actually

need? Well, it is a fact that just one out of 20 people are getting enough fiber in their diet.

Only one out of 20. As for the other 19, can you say cranky? So how much fiber should you be eating

every day? Well, our good friend and author of the best-selling book Fiber Fuel.

Dr. Will Bolsovitz is back with the answer that is sure to clear your backup like it's the end

of rush hour. Our chat was from this week's edition of the Exam Room Live and that means that we

also opened up the doctor's mailbag for Dr. B to answer even more of your questions. So we have

one in there about organic versus non-organic and whether the gut can tell a difference.

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