Shilpa Sayana, MDTriple Board Certified Functional Medicine MD.

Avocados & Beans: Your Secret to 30g of Fiber for Better Health! 🥑

Name: Avocados & Beans: Your Secret to 30g of Fiber for Better Health! 🥑
Uploaded: 2024-11-30T16:38:08+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Shilpa Sayana, MD
Description: A short conversational transcript where two speakers emphasize increasing dietary fiber for health (estrogen balance, reduced gut inflammation, toxin…

30 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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A short conversational transcript where two speakers emphasize increasing dietary fiber for health (estrogen balance, reduced gut inflammation, toxin elimination). They compare fiber content of common foods (spinach <0.5 g, broccoli ~2 g, avocado 10–15 g, one small bowl of black beans ~15 g), note most Americans consume under 10 g/day, and state an intake goal of 30 g/day. The speakers advise keeping black beans and avocado accessible and adding them to salads to boost fiber.

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And one simple thing that I tell a lot of patients is eat more fiber. Right.
And to your point, I don't think we know. We know these are fibrous foods, but some have way more fiber than the others.
Completely. And fiber is so important because it helps balance estrogen, it helps with your gut inflammation. And lastly, it binds all those toxins so you can eliminate them. And people are eating vegetables, which is great. And a lot of my patients are like, I'm eating a ton of vegetables, and I eat salads every day, but salads just don't have enough fiber. And just by comparison, I brought these little foods here. So this is like arugula, spinach has less than half a gram of fiber versus broccoli has two. But things like avocado has 10 to 15 grams of fiber. Wow. And this is black beans. And just one little bowl of Black beans has 15 grams of fiber. So if you could just keep black beans in your fridge, keep avocado handy. Add. Add it to your salads, add some herbs, add some lemon. Make it yummy and exciting. But just add more fiber, because most Americans eat less than 10 grams of fiber a day.
Really?
And we need 30.