# Fiber in processed foods--FDA is taking a look

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427>\
**Category:** Food & Diet\
**Tags:** diet, fiber\
**Created:** [October 23, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427 "2017-10-23T14:58:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427/1 "2017-10-23T14:58:42Z")

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> **[The FDA Will Decide Whether 26 Ingredients Count As Fiber](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/23/558761819/the-fda-will-decide-if-these-26-ingredients-count-as-fiber)**
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> Chicory root. Bamboo. Soy fiber: Manufacturers can use these to add fiber to foods. Critics say this makes snack foods seem healthy. FDA will decide if these can count as fiber on nutrition labels.

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427/2 "2017-10-23T16:44:06Z")

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This strikes me as funny.

Isn’t this the same situation as vitamin supplements? They are all separated from their natural configurations in food, yet no one makes a big deal out of it.

I do think that fiber and vitamins and phytonutrients should be consumed in their whole food forms, but I also think that the FDA should be consistent.

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**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427/3 "2017-10-23T17:53:46Z")

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At least we know what vitamins are! I had to look up xylooligosaccharides:

[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212619814000588](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212619814000588)

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427/4 "2017-10-23T18:09:46Z")

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Wow! Looked at the article and xylooligosaccharides sound like the next miracle drug 😊

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**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427/5 "2017-10-23T18:18:30Z")

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And money-maker in the processed food industry! 🙀

I’m not cynical, am I? 😜

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**Author:** ![lh378](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/lh378/32/601_2.png) [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiber-in-processed-foods-fda-is-taking-a-look/2427/6 "2020-05-20T14:53:51Z")

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I wanted to share this article about eating foods as close to their natural states as possible, not refined:

[https://thefastingmethod.com/fibre-reduces-insulin-how-to-lose-weight-x/](https://thefastingmethod.com/fibre-reduces-insulin-how-to-lose-weight-x/)

My interests are in the potential benefits of fiber on overall health; not so much interest in weight loss. Maybe the weight loss angle of the article help sell the program or catches the attention of readers? I wonder why the article seem to address mostly Type 2. Good food is good food,right? Eating foods closer to their natural states seems like a good idea whether one is a diabetic or not, whether type 1 or 2.

Digressing slightly: I am not keen on the idea of adding additives to a highly processed refined food. It reminds me of the time when a food chemist told me about olestra, a fat substitute . [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra). Her description of the side effects, and that olestra would affect vitamin absorption…etc. described in the Wikipedia —\> scary as heck to me😯.