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AIBU to doubt only 4 per cent of adults get enough fibre?

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Anonnewbie · 08/04/2026 22:54

To think that the recommended 30g of fibre per day isn't that hard to achieve for most people and be confused by the stats I keep seeing recently that 96% of UK adults get less than this?

Is it 96% don't meet it EVERY day, because that seems reasonable. Or don't average over 30g, which I think is pretty bad. But I'm realising as I type I should Google that question

My real question is how much fibre did you eat today? I just put it into chat gpt by typing out my food for today and despite being horrified by today's diet (1 piece of fruit, a few veg, way too much pastry and cheese, and quite a lot of Easter egg...saved by half a tin of beans), it estimated 37g. I asked it for a breakdown of that and the calculations seemed correct within reason as I'm not going to start weighing etc.

I would have guessed I was above average due to eating plenty of veg and home cooked meals, but cant believe I would be in the top 4% of fibre eaters in the country.... What do you think?

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Anonnewbie · 08/04/2026 23:22

TheAutumnCrow · 08/04/2026 23:13

ChatGPT is a crap LLM designed by idiots.

...any helpful detail to add to that? Like why/what is better?
I have used it about 4-5 times with hilariously bad results for things at work and given up. But it appears to have done this task correctly, probably because it's just collating a whole load of very basic information.

I did not expect the AI to be the bit that was seized in here! I guess it's more interesting and emotive than fibre to be fair...

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TheAutumnCrow · 08/04/2026 23:13

ChatGPT is a crap LLM designed by idiots.

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Anonnewbie · 08/04/2026 23:12

MacchiatoMavis · 08/04/2026 23:02

I think I don’t care really and I certainly don’t care enough to ask stupid AI about it. If this kind of bum scratching makes you happy then great but truly I’d struggle to even consider the matter for ten seconds.

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And yet you replied??
I agree ai is pretty bad, but the thing is, I didn't care enough to go through working it out with a calculator and googling each thing I ate so actually, for possibly the first time in my life, AI has achieved what I wanted.

I don't often post on Mumsnet as I am too thin skinned, and I fully expected to be told I was a humble bragging snooty judgy cow etc. But your comment has genuinely made me laugh in it's strangeness!

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MacchiatoMavis · 08/04/2026 23:02

I think I don’t care really and I certainly don’t care enough to ask stupid AI about it. If this kind of bum scratching makes you happy then great but truly I’d struggle to even consider the matter for ten seconds.