The answer to the poll question is to be determined as of this date. Previously I was under the impression that current recommended intake was 25g-30g per day, but the USDA and Mayo Clinic have again changed the daily recommended intake from 30g-38g for men and 21g-26 for women (age adjusted of course). Once again proving that this field is ever changing and what you may think is the norm one day may be changed the next.
Fiber Table
Fiber is broken into two catagories; soluble and insoluble.
Soluble fiber becomes a gel like substance once disolved in water and it can help lower cholesterol and even glucose levels. Insoluble fiber can help move materials through your digestive tract preventing constipation. In any case fiber is an important part of our diet because of it's vast health benefits not to mention it's effect on those cutting their calories.
Here is a link from the Mayo clinic and another to an article about the health benefits of fiber and a little more detail about it's make up and food sources.
Food Sources
Fiber Info
Health benefits of dietary fiber (article)
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