Does Too Much Fiber Make Everyone Feel Shitty?

Last night the wife and I had delicious beef tacos in low-carb tortillas. Each tortilla has only 7 grams of net carbohydrate, but a whopping 11 grams of fiber. Something I've noticed over time is that too much fiber not only makes my back end go all runny and gross, but it also makes me feel kind of oppressed overall.

Nietzsche speculated that the gut was the bedrock of emotional health, and I have always tended to agree. I notice that when my stomach is feeling upset, I feel upset emotionally. I become irritable and easily distraught, and I also experience mood swings. I've been reading some new research about how there's basically a whole other brain down there, twisted all around the guts, and how it's just about as large and active as the brain you have in your head.

Anyway, I ramble about this because here it is the next day after eating all that fiber, and now I'm feeling a little emotional. I'm not all falling to pieces on the city bus or anything, but I just don't feel like I'm 100% on my game. One minute I'll feel happy and the next I'll feel unhappy. It's like I'm on my period.

I've noticed this in the past when I eat the low carb protein bars that are so high in fiber as well. Since this blog is basically anonymous and since we're all friends here and deserve to be able to speak candidly with each other, I'll tell you a little bit more about what I experience with the fiber. I call the phenomenon "shitass." It's when you shit and just can't seem to wipe it all away. And then later you'll be walking around and a little poop juice will leak out.

Not a lot, mind you, just enough so that you feel a little extra slippery. And then all day as you go about your business you can stop into bathrooms and wipe the thin layer of shit-liquid off of your bum bum. It ain't no good, you see, but I think I understand now how it happens.

You see, when you eat a bunch of fiber the bacteria in your intenstines go crazy on it, converting it into fats. Since your lower intestine isn't equipped to hand as much fat as you'll end up with down there when eating an unnatural amount of fiber (such as in low-carb baked goods), you end up in a similar situation as someone who has taken some of those fat-blocking alli diet pills. The extra fat ends up in your lower intestine with no way to contain it, so it just leaks right out. And its gross. So, whenever I can now I avoid all the "low carb diet food" crap and just eat fresh healthy natural food. But I do love tacos...