You're hitting your protein. So why is your digestion still a mess?

This is one of the most common things I see — someone doing everything right on paper. Training consistently. Hitting their protein targets. Sleeping reasonably well. But still bloated. Still hungry between meals. Still energy-crashing mid-afternoon.

The missing piece almost every time? Fibre.

"Fibermaxxing" is trending hard right now and the conversation is overdue. Most people are getting nowhere near the 25–35 grams per day their gut actually needs.

But here's where I pump the brakes on the hype.

Fibre is not the new protein. Protein builds and protects muscle — nothing replaces that. What fibre does is support everything around it. Digestion. Gut health. Satiety. Blood sugar stability. It's the infrastructure that makes your whole nutrition strategy actually work.

The fix isn't a fibre powder or a fortified snack bar. Here's what does work:

→ Half your plate vegetables at every meal — the DPC Plate Method covers this

→ Swap white rice for brown rice or quinoa a few times a week

→ Add legumes — lentils, chickpeas, black beans — to at least 2 meals a week

→ Eat the whole fruit, not the juice

No powders. No supplements. Just real food doing its job.

Drop a typical day of eating below — let's see where your fibre is actually at.

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You're hitting your protein. So why is your digestion still a mess?