most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-06-19T17:44:51Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/135205 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/135205/why-does-fiber-soften-stool HuntingBears 2012-07-14T14:29:04Z 2012-07-14T16:07:15Z

<p>Is this just conventional wisdom?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/135205/why-does-fiber-soften-stool/135207#135207 Rowan 2012-07-14T14:38:53Z 2012-07-14T14:38:53Z

<p>Half the dry weight of stools is dead bacteria/etc. The more dead bacteria your stools contain the softer they'll be. Most of the bacteria in your gut feed on soluble fibre (The "Good" kind that is). So when you eat more fibre your gut bacteria can multiply and more dead weight comes out the other end.</p> <p>That's how I understand it anyway.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/135205/why-does-fiber-soften-stool/135210#135210 MiMintzer 2012-07-14T14:54:32Z 2012-07-14T14:54:32Z

<p>Fiber absorbs water and the increase in water in the stool causes it to be softer and easier to pass.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/135205/why-does-fiber-soften-stool/135222#135222 Chinaeskimo 2012-07-14T16:07:15Z 2012-07-14T16:07:15Z

<p>I eat a lot of fiber, and if I take pain medicine, it doesn't matter how much fiber I eat, I get hard dry painful stool and need to take a stool softener. So this makes me wonder how much fiber actually softens stools and why the stool softener contains no fiber?</p>