I think there are two main philosophies at play. Either you give the gut bulk through eating fiber, or you eat foods to maintain a fast transit time. I lean toward the transit time approach by eating plenty of easy to digest simple carbs. Personally I've never felt better.

I think eating hard-to-digest, crappy proteins(like all the protein added to shakes, bars, etc)... paired with fermentable bulk fiber... is actually the recipe for inflammation, irritation and colon cancer.

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deadbabe an hour ago | parent [-]

No studies show protein has anything to do with colon cancer and in fact it could even have protective effects.

	▲	Alive-in-2025 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But we do have endless studies showing not eating enough fiber increases your chance of having colon cancer, and we also know a lot of people today don't have nearly as much fiber as people did in the past.
	▲	crisdux 22 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		mainstream science literally links heavy meat consumption to colon cancer all the time.