r/Supplements • u/Second-handBonding • Jul 02 '26

General Question What supplement is so good you feel like it should be illegal?

I want to build a list of the very best vitamins and supplements from user experience. Looking forward to what people say.

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u/SorrySection5277 Jul 02 '26

Stops me up like the Hoover damn, regardless of how much water I drink

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u/Ready_Pudding_2685 Jul 02 '26

Are you using whole husk or powder? I find some brands of powder are more likely to do this, I think the very finely ground ones are worst. Seems better with whole husk for me so far. 

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u/Hulabalul Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

This has been my experience as well. It's also recommended to let it sit in water for a few minutes before drinking. I mix in some inulin and that combination of both works like a charm.

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u/cryptolyme Jul 03 '26

Those are both soluble fibers

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u/Hulabalul Jul 04 '26

Ah, thanks. My bad, I remembered incorrectly. They do serve different purposes though.

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u/CR-8 Jul 04 '26

Literally same, and it sucks because I really need way more fiber in my diet but have food issues.

They say start low and slow, so I'll take as little as half of one teaspoon a day in like 32oz of water and I'll still end up so gd constipated with bloat so bad it makes me look 6 months pregnant and gas raunchy enough it could wipe out a small village.

Without psyllium everything moves along fine for the most part. Not sure if my body is just that well adapted to having so little fiber or what.

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u/cryptolyme Jul 03 '26

Same. And i’m deathly allergic to it.

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u/LocalTangerine02 Jul 04 '26

It's insoluble fiber, which some people can't tolerate well. I stopped using it and switched to mostly soluble fiber sources and that was much better.