This is mostly down to personal capacity / preference, but do we all have a limit, or is it possible to lentilmaxx? Like always be eating lentils? I'm certainly eating more fibre than I ever thought possible, so I know it's possible to increase, to a certain point at least.

Personally I can eat them one meal of the day for probably three days in a row before I imagine my colon starts begging for mercy.

Yeah, so what's your number? I can do maybe 3 days in a row if mixed in, or 1 day of predominantly lentils.

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[–] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

I think I'm just built different because lentils and legumes are just fine but if I decide I'll take the risk and eat some (wheat) dumplings its game over, man.

I wonder if you are cooking them enough? I understand people are more sensitive to fibre than others and people have trouble when they increase their intake rapidly, but I also know cooking breaks down some of the harder to digest stuff as well.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 12 hours ago

    It's possible I'm not cooking them enough. It might also just be what I'm making with them. One of my goto "mains" is a spicy red lentil curry.

    I also make a kind of dirty rice by mixing red and green lentils with rice, and that I could probably eat for every meal with no ill effect.

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