# fiber **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiber/503268 "2009-07-16T21:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiber/503268/1 "2009-07-16T21:40:10Z")
Got to reading the losing weight question and i have one about fiber. Long ago I decided to try vegetarianism. Now it wasn’t all vegetables etc. My main changes were eating whole wheat bread, sprouts and peanut butter. I ended up having to use the bathroom maybe 2 to 3 times a day and had to hurry to get there. I felt no better but figured getting rid of waste is good. Was this a good thing? Or maybe a bodily reaction to wheat or sprouts? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiber/503268/2 "2009-07-16T21:50:19Z")
There are two kinds of fiber: soluble fiber and insoluble fiber. [Soluble fiber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soluble_fiber) is, as I understand it, what you want to maximize your intake of. It has lots and lots of benefits to the body. Insoluble fiber is simply a dietary whisk broom that sweeps through you as quickly as it can. Getting a lot of it in your diet is a great way to replicate the symptoms of Montezuma’s revenge without actually ingesting the bacteria responsible for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiber/503268/3 "2009-07-17T04:30:54Z")
HmI would guess wheat bread is soluable.