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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[–] 6 points 16 hours ago

I enjoy a generous portion of legumes with every meal. Some form of lentils, beans etc.

My experience has been that you need to build it up. It takes about 3-6 months and It's important to not take any antibiotics. You need a healthy and well adapted gut microbiome to digest legumes efficiently.

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  • [–] 5 points 13 hours ago

    How many lentils is too much?

    A lenton obviously?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    So I recently got huge bag of red lentils and oh my gawd, I didnt know they could smell so good!

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  • [–] 4 points 16 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 6 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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  • [–] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    I can do them for weeks straight.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 hours ago

    i most often eat them with rice and other things so I can't say I have really loaded up on them but I can kinda eat it every day like I do.

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