Excellent question it is psyllium husk powder. I believe you could purchase psyllium husks and powder them yourself but it's not expensive to buy it pre-powdered. I buy mine off amazon and have found it to be handy in multiple keto recipes.
Why not just a fiber supplement? It has no taste, mix two teaspoons with water or any beverage and drink. Make sure to drink plenty of liquid with it. Can also be added to foods. I like it with some Greek yogurt, strawberries and pure stevia . I get mine at sprouts.
You can buy the plain psyllium husk fiber. Anthony's Organic Psyllium Husk Powder, 1.5 lb, Gluten Free, Non GMO, Finely Ground, Keto Friendly https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XXN9CTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_fabc_FZTAT0VXWB9JVEX46EPZ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I tablespoon of this in water every day or every other day
I take psyllium powder because I'm on a medication that causes diarrhea. It helps a lot – I take 1.5 tsp every morning. There's been research done that suggests it can support good bacteria in your gut, as a prebiotic. It's worth a try. But for the future, you shouldn't buy expensive brand name fiber. You can get a big bags of psyllium powder on amazon for cheap. Psyllium is also the main ingredient of metamucil.
I can link you to the research I'm talking about if you're interested.
You guys use the powder or the seeds? Its time for me to get on this, i haven't pooped since Wednesday 😬 Is this similar to what you guys use?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XXN9CTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_8M531115YY58AM8YAJZ6
Anthony's Organic Psyllium Husk Powder, 1.5 lb, Gluten Free, Non GMO, Finely Ground, Keto Friendly https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XXN9CTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_FK4Q2H2FC30SNYS11Z4B?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Get mine from Amazon and it’s powder Anthony's Organic Psyllium Husk Powder, 1.5 lb, Gluten Free, Non GMO, Finely Ground, Keto Friendly https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XXN9CTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_SBBR1ZPNXZHKJ79GN4F5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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A quick google shows lots of options. For example: https://www.amazon.ca/Anthonys-Organic-98-Percent-Psyllium-Non-GMO/dp/B06XXN9CTG
Get this and dissolve a spoonful of it in a beverage every day and you'll probably did the constipation. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XXN9CTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_1cv8FbCF8X7Z3
Psyllium husk with no sugar is what I take.
Anthony's Organic Psyllium Husk Powder, 1.5 lb, Gluten Free, Non GMO, Finely Ground, Keto Friendly https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XXN9CTG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_uCu1Fb79SRTYW
Also a bagel or some bread from https://www.thinslimfoods.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2 gives some more dietary fiber.
You can supplement with fiber powder, if required. That's the beauty of using protein powders & meal-replacement powders...you can customize them to suit your particular macros per meal! For example, Psyllium Husk is the secret fiber ingredient to Metamucil, which you can buy in bulk on Amazon for cheap:
Personally, I think fiber is over-rated. Here's a good post to read through sometime:
It usually takes a few days for food you ate to come out the other side, so try doing a more meat-based diet for a full week & see how you feel. By that I mean, by the end of the week, how does your stomach feel, how are your bowel movements, and how's your energy levels?
Not to get gross, but I have this concept I call the "Grand Unified Poop Theory" haha. It's the idea that poop controls the majority of your energy, which is not as crazy as it sounds, once you think about it. I mean, have you ever gotten so sick that it's coming out both ends, and once you throw up & stuff, you IMMEDIATELY feel better? Managing your stomach not only manages your aesthetic results, but also your energy levels!
When I got into the health & fitness scene, I quickly discovered that controlling my stomach led to more energy & more natural motivation, i.e. forcing yourself to feel good leads to, well, feeling good! Simple in concept, but not so much in practice!
Feeding myself well (I use IIFYM), getting enough sleep (this aids digestion, which affects your gut, which affects how you feel) & enough consistent sleep as far as the bedtime hour & total number of hours slept goes, and exercising (this moves the food through your gut, which affects how you feel) are the three main keys to feeling better.
Have you ever stayed up late, not gotten enough sleep, ate sporadically, ate like crap, and skipped exercising? I mean, that's the perfect recipe for creating self-induced depression & feeling apathetic & even feeling mildly terrible when you do it for days or weeks on end. Exercise, sleep, and diet are all key support functions for the food in your gut. An easy way to how well you are doing is to monitor your bowel movements:
It's gross to talk about, but managing your bowel movements effectively are, imo, the key method to improving your health & energy. If you're sitting on the toilet for long periods of time, if you're going all the time or not going for days, if you have bowel movements that are liquid or mushy or pellets or hard to pass, if it's leaving streaks in the toilet, if it's floating in the water, then that usually means that your stomach isn't doing an effective job at processing food, which typically means you're not going to feel as good & as energetic as you could!
This is a bit taboo to talk about in our culture, but hey, this is reddit so whatever lol. So many people grow up with IBS (myself included!) not realizing that it isn't normal. And everyone's chemistry is different...some people can't handle dairy or gluten, some people need to eat 3 meals a day & space out their meals five or six hours apart, whereas other people need to eat every few hours. You kind of have to figure out what works for you.
Fiber is one of those things that you can build up to, too, due to gut bacteria. If you've ever eaten beans after not having eaten them for awhile, you'll know that they're the musical fruit for a reason, lol. But if you include it in your diet (refried beans in tacos, chili, etc.) on a regular basis, your stomach grows accustomed to it.
I personally do better on a lower-fiber diet myself, like when I don't go out of my way to purposely add a ton of fiber to my diet, but that's just me - you have to find out what works for you! I usually just try to eat against my macros every day for whatever program I'm currently working on (weight loss, maintenance, or gain) & then see how things go.
Some people are sensitive to different foods & some people need more or less fiber than other people, so you just kind of have to test things out according to the basic framework I posted above - are you having regular bowel movements? Are they fairly solid & clean? Are bathroom trips quick & easy?
There are a lot of factors that go into it; the more you pay attention to things & control your results, then generally, the better you'll feel. If you're constantly constipated or have diarrhea, then your energy levels are probably going to be kinda terrible, you know?
That's sort of TMI, but I think that bowel movements are a vastly under-discussed aspect of health, nutrition, and fitness, and people just aren't generally aware of the correlation between what your action choices & your body's results. Something like 30 million Americans suffer from IBS, and outside of very specific conditions like Chron's disease or Ulcerative colitis, it can often be managed through some simple lifestyle changes.
Anyway, how much fiber you need really depends on your body in particular. If you're having regular, healthy bowel movements, then you're generally good to go. If your stomach hurts, if your energy is constantly low, if you're in bathroom for a bowel movement for more than a few minutes, if your bowel movement is goofed up, then it's time to change things!