KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.net · edit-28 months agoOpinion: we should stop calling it 'fibre' and go back to calling it 'roughage'message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareOpinion: we should stop calling it 'fibre' and go back to calling it 'roughage'KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.net · edit-28 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCommunistCuddlefish [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI thought roughage is insoluble fiber and fibre is “dietary” (soluble) fiber. Both are good, important, and they are not interchangeable.
minus-squareKuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoI also believe this is correct, but this is also bad posting so I ignored that distinction for the joke because roughage sounds so old timey whereas fibre sounds more technical/clinical to me
I thought roughage is insoluble fiber and fibre is “dietary” (soluble) fiber. Both are good, important, and they are not interchangeable.
I also believe this is correct, but this is also bad posting so I ignored that distinction for the joke because roughage sounds so old timey whereas fibre sounds more technical/clinical to me