Fiber, soluble
Today
3-day window. Water-soluble and not stored, so a short run of days is the signal.
None of today's foods carried a value for Fiber, soluble. That is a gap in the data, not a reading of zero.
What it is
The viscous fraction — the one that lowers LDL and slows glucose.
Intake context
Not a target.
- Typical intake
- 5 g/dayNHANES, US adults — approximate, pending verification against the source tables
- Studied range
- 3–10 g/day
Total fibre has an Adequate Intake; the soluble and insoluble fractions do not, because the analytical split is not consistent enough between laboratories to set one on. Tracked separately anyway, since the two fractions do genuinely different jobs.
Full write-up not finished
The reference intake above is real and cited — Fiber, soluble is assessed against it exactly like any other nutrient. What is missing is the written panel: what it does in detail, what deficiency and excess look like, absorption, interactions, and food sources ranked against what you eat.
Entries live in data/nutrients.json. Filling this one in changes no code.
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-08-11