We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
if you look at the literature it's pretty clear fiber does not change the quality of stool the pain with passing stool or the need to use laxatives or the amount of bleeding that people get with stool when they have constipation
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oh it's even worse when I eat fiber because then my poop just gets even bigger and it hurts more to pass it right it's just more painful and it causes more problems when people get bigger stools
in fact fiber fails miserably to affect constipation fiber does not increase the ease of stool passage does not decrease the pain does not increase bleeding it can increase stool volume it often makes stools more painful to pass because they're bigger
it's very clear in the literature that fiber does nothing to improve the symptoms of constipation