The latest TikTok diet trend has racked up more than 160 million views to create an unusual phenomenon. For decades, fiber was your grandfather’s nutrient: the stuff of bran cereals and Metamucil, associated more with digestive regularity than anything aspirational. If you thought about fiber at all, you probably pictured someone over 70, but not anymore.
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