The Dark Side of Gluten-Free Diets

A low-fiber diet is a key driver of microbiome depletion and this loss is implicated in the rampant increase of chronic diseases that now plague the modern world. We evolved getting perhaps 100 grams of fiber a day. How do you even get close to that? A cup of fruit may only have about 3 grams, a cup of vegetables, 5 grams. Why so little? Because fruits and vegetables are like 80 to 90 percent water. One has to go to the dryer plant foods to really scale it up like beans, 15 grams or intact grains like barley over 30 grams per cup.