The Forever Fit Fiber Blueprint: How to Hit 50 Grams a Day Without Obsessing Over It
I have spent years talking about protein. How much you need, when to eat it, which sources are most bioavailable, how to hit your target without thinking about it. And I stand behind every word of that because precision protein intake is one of the cornerstones of the Forever Fit methodology.
But there is another nutrient that does not get nearly enough attention in the body recomposition conversation, and the more I look at the data, the more convinced I am that for most people over 50, fixing fiber is the single highest leverage nutritional change they can make.
I recently sat down with Rip Esselstyn, founder of Plant Strong Foods and someone who has been living this way since 1987, and we got into a conversation that confirmed what I have been seeing across more than 1,200 clients. Ninety-five percent of people in North America are fiber deficient. Not slightly under. Deficient. And the consequences of that deficiency go far beyond digestion.
