Have you seen this?

[crookedfinger]

Curious about your thoughts....

http://health.usnews.com/health-news...nt-weight-gain

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Curious about your thoughts....

http://health.usnews.com/health-news...nt-weight-gain

Yea this pretty much confirms the thinking that fiber can be a tool to use to increase satiety and subsequent caloric intake via metabolism into propionate or other short chain fatty acids. On the other hand, I'd be interested to know the thermogenic effect- if any- of propionate vs. fiber. I'd hazard a guess that fiber > prop, and also food reward/behavioral changes are more likely to be seen with higher fiber intake.

[vanslix]

Come back when you have an N of >25 per group. I'm betting if you saw the scatter plot of this data, it'd be a helluva lot less enticing.

[DaveJF]

Yea this pretty much confirms the thinking that fiber can be a tool to use to increase satiety and subsequent caloric intake via metabolism into propionate or other short chain fatty acids. On the other hand, I'd be interested to know the thermogenic effect- if any- of propionate vs. fiber. I'd hazard a guess that fiber > prop, and also food reward/behavioral changes are more likely to be seen with higher fiber intake.

I know you've made fiber recommendations here many times, but with SCFA production, general digestive tolerance and potential 'mixability' (e.g.: into a milk/protein shake) in mind, would there be a top choice for you?

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

I know you've made fiber recommendations here many times, but with SCFA production, general digestive tolerance and potential 'mixability' (e.g.: into a milk/protein shake) in mind, would there be a top choice for you?

Eh, hard to say. Fiber supplements are kind of nasty in general for mixing. I've historically used psyllium husk but I don't think this mixes very well. Inulin may work, but I don't think it's as good as psyllium husk or just getting your fiber from veggies/fruits/grains.