Choking down another bowl of Bran Buds

Yeah, I eat bran buds. About a cup a serving. I like the buds over the straight allbran cereal because it's less twig like in presentation.

Though I do believe that sufficient soaking in almond or other milk allows it to assume a more swallowable texture ...

Rather like mush.

Now then, though it's obvious that I have a frank aversion to the stuff it is probably a curiosity as to why I would subject my palate to such misery.

I suppose you can sum it all up in a single word: effect.

I don't eat it for the taste. I don't eat it because I enjoy it. I eat it for the effect it has on my elimination.

I feel that my fiber intake is insufficient otherwise and make it a point to down a bowl of bran buds several times weekly.

There are worse things than bran buds ... like chemical laxatives that don't work. I recall a time when X-Lax was the single most effective gut bomb on the planet. Those days are gone.

I can take a large dose and it consistently does nothing. I think it likely has to do with the freshness of the product which has come under question frequently in recent history.

I'll stick to the mechanical remedies for this reason.

See Also:

Fiber and Me