Fiber or Protein: Which keeps you full longer??

Well my question is in my subject line. What keeps you feeling full longer; foods that are high in fiber or foods that are high in protein? I know that both are good for controlling hunger and that you need both of them in your diet. But, if you were hungry and you needed a snack to make you feel full for a long period of time, which is better; fiber or protein or is there no real difference?

I'd say choose a combination of the two. But everyone is different, and people will swear by either. Experiment with both and choose the one that's best for you.

I find that protein keeps me full a little longer than fiber.

For me it's protein.  I feel full longer on a day when I eat an extra 8 oz of meat and maybe 20g of fiber than on a day where I eat 40g of fiber.

Fibre keeps me full longer.

For me it's fiber. But I like to eat both, lots of vegetables and protein, specially veggie omelets, yum!

Fruit and veggies fill me up but leave an empty feeling in my tummy that makes me want to eat more even though I'm full. Protein definitely fills me up more. Although, I usually have an apple along with my protein shake. 

Fiber however, I like lots of protein so I guess a combination of BOTH

Protein alone doesn't seem to do it for me, but neither does fiber. Like a lot of people before me said a combination of both works well.

My best days for not overeating are when I have a bean burrito for lunch...plenty of protein and some fiber.  Only a 300 calorie lunch and I'm not hungry again for several hours.

Anything else for lunch and I"m hungry again in an hour.

Fruit and veggies fill me up but leave an empty feeling in my tummy that makes me want to eat more even though I'm full.

Me, too. 

Protein for me, but if you can find a way to combine the two, like a high fiber/low carb tortilla with some turkey, cheese, sprouts, and tomato, then I stay very satisfied for a long time.

protein for me.

Protein, Protein, Protein!!! All I eat at lunch in around 10 to 13 ounces of PROTEIN and it holds me over until 6 or 7 at night (I eat around noon).... so obviously that is saying something! ha ha! 

The best diets, the best nutrition experts, they all say the same thing.  You should eat frequently.  8 times a day is NOT too often.  Keeping your metabolism fired up in process instead of "storing" mode is more important than the "full" feeling.  I understand the satiated feeling is important (that is one of the biggest reasons for gastric surgery, the tool to trick you into feeling full).  But eating frequently, and higher in protein and fiber than most North Americans feel is "normal" 

If you can find a GOOD dietician to go over your diet and give you target values in grams for how many protein, fiber, carbs, and fat.  (my diet is set to 120 g protein, no more than 200 of carbs but I try to keep it under 120, no more than 40 g fat, and more than 30 g of fiber every day).  Hitting those numbers at first is hard, but as you get used to chasing the numbers, you find the foods that work.  You also find that eating small portions frequently words much better than the 3 squares a day!

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