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VYV8
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Posted: 1 May 2007 03:47 am |
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Hi All,
I have found when eating my breakfast (typically an unprocessed cereal of some type such as raw rolled oats, and a couple of weet-bix) with some milk, that if I put some raw bran, both wheat and oat, on the cereal it fills me up really well, and I don't get hungry until midday. I usually eat breakfast about 7am, after my workout.
Now raw wheat bran is supposed to be indigestible, straight fibre. Oat bran is water-soluble, digestible fibre.
I have started eating a lot more bran lately, because I have stopped eating as much meat as I used to, and needed something to fill me up.
My question, then, is whether the benefits of the fibre outweight the additional energy being consumed (probably 500-1000 kilojoules)? Does this fibre even get included in the count (the indigestible bit, at least).
Lastly, this breakfast fills me and makes me feel strong all morning after a long workout, so it can't be too bad, can it?
Cheers,
Last edited on 1 May 2007 03:48 am by VYV8
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Nir
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Posted: 1 May 2007 04:36 am |
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When I play around with recipes (e.g. making cookie dough from rolled oats) I make sure to include wheatbran (I'm assuming mine is raw, too) as the amount of volume you get per calorie is unmatched with other grains.
The kind I'm using has 212 kcal (894 kJ) and 14.7g protein per 100g. That's 27.7% of calories from protein, another unexpected benefit and a respectable result for a grain. I guess those calories reflect the fact that some of that fibre is digestible [UK nutrition labels seem to count calories in digestible fibre but not in undigestible fibre]
Finally a word of caution. My mother isn't keen on the idea of eating too much wheatbran per day (ok, that's not the most scientific source I could quote, but I haven't looked into this!). The suggested serving on this packet is 30g.
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VYV8
Senior Member
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Posted: 2 May 2007 03:59 am |
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Thanks for that. In terms of how much you eat I think the body develops a resistance to fibre if you don't eat much, and then a big feed of fibre sends you to the bathroom again and again and again and... well you get the picture.
For those of us who eat LOTS of fibre, it shouldn't matter too much.
Do you reckon it would be possible to make bread from oat/wheat bran mix rather than flour?
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Nir
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Posted: 3 May 2007 02:20 pm |
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| I know there is something called oat-bran bread, they talk about it in the FL4I sub-forum, but I know nothing about it.
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VYV8
Senior Member
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Posted: 4 May 2007 04:45 am |
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Well, it's the weekend tomorrow, so maybe I should try to make some oat bran bread and see how it turns out. If I keep a list of everything I put in it I should be able to calculate the calories/kilojoules of a serving.
If I get a chance to make it I'll post the results up. Imaging being able to eat bread with zero wheat content that was made entirely from water soluble fibre! Perhaps I should make it with an oat/wheat bran mix instead...
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fsahurie
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Posted: 6 May 2007 05:23 am |
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Hi,
Usually when we dont get enough calories, we still feel that "empty" feelig inside of us, even though we eat a lot of low cal foods that include fiber and high volume foods.Hope that helps!
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fattyacid
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Posted: 10 May 2007 06:36 am |
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Just go easy on bran. Too much of something, no matter how good it is, can sometimes be bad.
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Bossy
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VYV8
Senior Member
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Posted: 11 May 2007 03:37 am |
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Is it possible to eat too much fibre? I have high fibre cereal in the morning, with oat and wheat bran, fruit mid morning, wholemeal salad sandwich/roll at lunch (usually with more fruit) and meat and vegetables at dinner. I have realised that between the cereal, bran, wholemeal bread, salal, vegetables and fruit that's an awful lot of fibre.
Could this become a problem? FWIW, I'm probably in the best condition of my adult life right now - slim, fit and strong, and never seem to get sick.
Thoughts?
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Nir
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Posted: 11 May 2007 10:53 am |
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The main thing I can think of is:
fibre + no water = constipation
surprising how often that one comes up. my brother experienced this last week.
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fsahurie
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Posted: 11 May 2007 06:26 pm |
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| I thought that as well, Nir.
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Peter
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Posted: 14 May 2007 06:59 am |
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Me too! It's in the Tutorial on the importance of drinking water for weight loss:
A healthy (weight loss) diet includes a good amount of fiber. But while fiber is normally helpful to your digestive system, without adequate fluids it can cause constipation instead of helping to eliminate it.
Peter
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VYV8
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Posted: 14 May 2007 09:41 am |
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I drink a lot of water. Evidently enough, as constipation has never been an issue for me! I'm off to the bathroom a couple of times a day, for a relaxing read of a car magazine for 5 minutes!
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