We've all been raised to believe that fiber is good. And the more in our diet, the better. The problem is that fiber can not necessarily be good for you, because fiber is not digestible.
By definition, fiber is; a type of carbohydrate found in plant based foods that the human body cannot digest.
All fiber that goes in your mouth, must come out of your body as waste.
To hear about how one well respected man, Dr. Burkett came up with a theory of fiber and perhaps created the largest, but most believable, unintentional, dietary scam in history follow the link below to the Fiber Fallacy. It will blow your mind.