Fibre and fat % for still being in fat burning mode..??

Below is a copy of the post over at forum.lowcarber.org that I have commented on about fiber

aramaya said:

I was wondering how it works, if i increased My fibre intake i feel it would naturally decrease my fat and protein intake,so example if i ate breakfast of a flax mix with coconut and almond milk,then ate protein,fats and some veg fibres for dinner then possibley flax bread with butter as a snack,would this alter how my body was burning the fat,would it slow weight loss down???as the % will be different..what do you think?

My response:

Hi aramaya,

I have very little fiber in my diet and have no problems whatsoever with my digestive system. At the same time I am careful to make sure that I eat the type of foods that looks after my stomach bacteria and is helpful for my digestive enzymes as well. 

As amelia-b points out, we really don’t need as much fiber as many people think we do. In fact there’s been a lot of work over the last few years that has shown that fiber can be quite detrimental to the health of our digestive system simply because the fiber that we eat contained in the vegetables that we consume is largely undigestible and passes through the digestive tract virtually intact and at the same time it provides a very convenient breathing ground for harmful bacteria to multiply in our stomachs during its transit.

If you would like more information about that, visit the blog of Dr. Natasha. She has a wealth of information about how our stomachs really work but more importantly, has a whole list of problems that can be treated through adopting an even more radical low carb diet where the vegetables are more or less cut out completely.

Hope that helps,

Mark