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It's Valentine's day, so let's talk Poop

2/14/2014

 
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Betcha thought I was going to talk about heart health, huh? Pfffft. Cardio is so cliche on V-day. What can I say? For me, Valentine's means crap. So today, we talk poo.

Despite the dark single-girl humour of choosing to talk about excrement on the day of luuuurve, it’s actually a pretty important topic. Gross, but important. Fibre’s necessary to keep your insides clean and moving. Forget cleanses. (For real. They're usually bad news). Fibre fibre fibre fibre fibre. And water.

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In tracking nutrition, as one is wont to do when trying to lose weight AND when working with a coach who demands to see what you're eating, the focus tends to be on the macronutrients: fat, carbohydrates, sugar. Micronutrients are listed on labels, too, but I don't often think consciously about fibre. Numbers are attached to carbs and the other macros: how much should you eat in a day, what percentage of your daily intake, etc. But fibre? I don't know about specific numbers, like how many grams of fibre to eat per day. The range is anywhere from 12-35 grams - that's pretty broad. So, why don't we talk more about tracking those numbers? 

Basically, because you don't need to. If you REALLY want to know all there is to know about fibre, Dr. John Berardi goes into extreme scientific detail. For the general healthy person all you need to know is: are you pooping enough? Are you regular, dear? I don't put a lot of stock in Dr. Oz, generally speaking, but at least he's willing to talk stool. And what he recommends for healthy bowel movements is the s-shaped poop. Ewwwww. I am NOT looking for a graphic for that one. Use your imagination.

Or watch his poop primer. And compare your colour, shape and sound. (I'm not even kidding).
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And where might you get your fibre? It's everywhere, but especially in natural foods. Fruits, vegetables, grains, beans. Hmmmm. How about that? Natural foods. Eat what nature provides, and you'll be pretty regular. Eat processed crap and, well, your crap will be quite a process.

Eat your fibre, kids. It'll make you feel good ... whether you have someone special on Valentine's day or not.

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Well, he's not wrong!
Coach Mat
2/27/2014 01:11:09 am

Macronutrients: Carbs, fat and Protein...you wrote sugar (carb) in your blog ;) Plus, poop is my favourite topic! You nailed it lol


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