What Is A Good Daily Fiber Supplement?!

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He didn't tell you to take a pill, supplement, there are ALL KINDS of ways to get more fiber in your diet.

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Supplements made by man, can only do more harm than good. Your kidney, lungs, organs, even causes hair loss.

My advice? Don't take them, period. They are doing the body more harm than good - MSN
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16655168/wid… People spend $20 billion per year on vitamins and supplements. According to Everyday Health, here's an article that will tell you why . . . those PRODUCTS by any other name do NOT WORK. It is false advertisements.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t have to approve supplements — no agency in the United States does. So it’s up to consumers to bring health concerns to light. “It’s important to understand the difference between over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements,” say Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist at Cambridge Health Alliance and instructor at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Mass. The FDA gets involved only after the fact, if the supplement later appears to be causing harm. By that time, the supplement may already have harmed many consumers who used it. “The burden of proof is on the FDA to determine [a supplement] is dangerous and remove it from the market,” Cohen says. Consumer complaints are the primary trigger for investigations. One recent investigation of the dietary weight-loss supplement ephedra resulted in it being banned for sale in the United States.
Example: Protein Shakes poisoning article:
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China, which has repeatedly been caught exporting contaminated products, is a major supplier of raw supplement ingredients. The FDA has yet to inspect a single factory there.

We have identified a dozen supplement ingredients that we think consumers should avoid because of health risks, including cardiovascular, liver, and kidney problems. We found products with those ingredients readily available in store.

Because of inadequate quality control and inspection, supplements contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides, or prescription drugs have been sold to unsuspecting consumers. And FDA rules covering manufacturing quality don’t apply to the companies that supply herbs, vitamins, and other raw ingredients.
Beginning in February 2008, he experienced one symptom after another: diarrhea, joint pain, hair loss, lung problems, and fingernails and toenails that fell off.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/Consumer…

Sources:
Everyday Health, Consumer Reports, Slate.com, CNN Health/herbal-supplements, FDA.gov for consumers protect yourself health fraud, Vogue Dec. 2010.

My advice - stay with the powders. In the pill form you end up taking handfuls of pills in order to get the same dose, and for some reason people never drink the full amount of water when they take pills, and then they end up with cramping/constipation. That, and the capsules cost 2-3 times more for the same number of doses.

Any generic version of metamucil capsule would be fine for when you travel, but really, because of the water issue alone I would stick with the powders.

I like the benefiber powder for water and benefiber bars for breakfast