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For Heart Health: Psyllium fiber, the natural dietary fiber found in Metamucil, is clinically proven to help lower cholesterol levels because it forms a thick gel that traps some cholesterol, bile acids and waste in the gut.
Re: Is Metamucil the sames as pysillium husk? ericolllin, Citrucel is a soluble fiber like the others but it is methylcelluose that is semisynthetic and because it is --- it does not breakdown with digestion and ferment like the others -- as a result it causes less gas. It just may act somewhat different with you because of your sensitive system.