# @seed on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct-XOssJ1LI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34246410-seed-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-27T00:55:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

## Caption

How are you considering your microbes this week? Take some inspo from this squirrel 🐿️ and fill up on fiber. 

Fiber is a key nutrient for gastrointestinal and whole-body health. Among its many roles, it helps keep you regular 💩, lowers cholesterol and inflammation, stabilizes blood sugar levels, and provides a fuel source for your microbes. 🦠

The problem is, most of us (read: 95% in the U.S.¹) don’t get enough fiber. The average American consumes only 16 grams each day, a drastic decrease in fiber intake compared to the humans of our past. 

Studies of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania suggest that early humans ate 100-150 grams of fiber per day²—the equivalent of ~20 servings of whole wheat pasta and almost 10x what the average American consumes now. 🤯

Today, the National Institute of Medicine recommends a daily fiber intake of 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men. Fortunately, many fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds are loaded with plant-based fiber, making this an easy nutrient to incorporate into your diet if you make a conscious effort to do so. 🥦🫐🍎🍌🥑🥕

What’s your favorite fiber-rich input? Drop it below.👇#EatYourVegetablesDay

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📷: erica.sackrison 

¹ Quagliani, D., & Felt-Gunderson, P. (2016). Closing America’s Fiber Intake Gap: Communication Strategies From a Food and Fiber Summit. American journal of lifestyle medicine, 11(1), 80–85. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827615588079
² Smits, S. A., Leach, J., Sonnenburg, E. D., Gonzalez, C. G., Lichtman, J. S., Reid, G., Knight, R., Manjurano, A., Changalucha, J., Elias, J. E., Dominguez-Bello, M. G., & Sonnenburg, J. L. (2017). Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania. Science (New York, N.Y.), 357(6353), 802–806. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan4834

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