Q and A: Tips to Eat More Fiber, Protein Powders and GI Issues, and MCT Oil

The Nutrition Science Podcast

Dr. Adrian Chavez

Science, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 633 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On this episode of the show, we have a Q&A episode and we will be covering the following topics: Easy tips for including more fiber in your dietWhy protein powders can cause GI issues and ways to avoid them Whether there are any benefits to including MCT in your diet. Tune into the episode to learn more. Fiber episode Protein episode Saturated Fat Episode Enjoying the show or have a questions about a particular topic? Send us a message here. Support the show

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nutrition Science Podcast, where we help you cut through the noise and make
0:05.2	informed science-based decisions about nutrition and your health.
0:11.3	Welcome back to another episode of the Nutrition Science Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Adrian Chavez,
0:17.0	and today we have another Q&A episode. We are going to be discussing three topics.
0:22.5	The first topic that we're going to discuss is how to get more fiber in your diet.
0:27.0	So easy ways to increase the amount of fiber in your diet.
0:30.7	The average American eats about half of the amount of fiber that they should be eating.
0:35.4	Fiber has numerous health benefits.
0:37.1	I'll link you guys to an
0:38.1	episode that I published discussing all of the health benefits and the various types of fiber and all
0:43.1	of the details of fiber. But in this episode, we are going to discuss some tips on how to get
0:48.0	more fiber into your diet easily. The second thing we're going to discuss is protein powders
0:52.6	and digestive issues.
0:58.7	So this is something that comes up quite a bit and there's various reasons for that.
1:03.4	There are many things in protein powders that can cause GI issues for people and we are going to discuss that and what's a lookout for.
1:05.5	If you're dealing with gas, bloating any of that stuff after you're having a protein powder,
1:10.1	it may not be that you just can't handle a protein powder.
1:13.0	I've seen a lot of people say that.
1:14.9	There are many different things in those powders that can be a problem.
1:18.7	And it helps to be a little bit informed on this topic.
1:21.1	So I got this question.
1:22.1	I thought that was a really good practical topic to discuss.
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