How to Add More Fibre to your Diet!
I have already talked about the importance of adding more fibre to your diet and how it can help in improving your health and life. However, may it be due to the change in food habits or lifestyle, most of us find it hard to get the minimum recommended daily allowance (38 grams for men and 25 grams for women). But there are some small steps that you can take to improve your daily intake of fibre without making any changes to your lifestyle.
Good choices to introduce fibre into your diet include
· Whole grain products
· Fruits
· Vegetables
· Beans, peas, and other legumes
· Nuts and seeds
The main problem with our diets today is that we consume more refined or processed food, products that have lost most of its fibre content.
Tips to adding more fibre into your daily routine
Here are some ways that you can introduce more fibre in your daily diet
Eat breakfast: For breakfast, choose a high-fibre option like cereals with fibre or fruits. If you are using cereals, turn to brands with “whole grain”, “bran”, or “fibre” in their name. Or you could add a few spoons of unprocessed wheat bran or psyllium husk to your breakfast to enrich it with fibre.
Switching to whole grains: Try to consume at least half of all the grains in your diet in its ‘whole grain’ form. Look for items that list whole wheat or whole grains as its main ingredient. You could also experiment with brown rice, wild rice, bulgur wheat or barley.
Consume more legumes: Legumes are a great source of protein, fibre and other nutrients and minerals. They are also easy to add to your diet as they come in a wide range of taste and flavours, which means that there is one for everyone.
Eat more fruits and Vegetables: If you could just make one change to improve your health and lifestyle, this would be it. Fruits and vegetables are full of essential nutrients, minerals and fibre. It is recommended that you consume five or more servings of fruit and vegetables in a day.
Make your snacks count: Fresh fruits, raw vegetables, popcorn and whole-wheat crackers make a great substitute for high calorie, low nutrients items like chips and cookies. You can also turn to nuts and seeds for a healthy dose of good fat along with your fibre. The options are endless.
Adding Fibre Supplements to your Diet
One of my favourite ways of adding more fibre into my meal is with the help of Qnet Nutriplus FibreFit. It is one of my favourite products from Qnet and I use it every day to give me that boost of fibre.
Nutriplus FibreFit is made with Gum Acacia, one of the richest sources of soluble fibre. It is a great prebiotic that helps in improving gut microbiome and digestion. It has a very low glycemic index, meaning that it does not cause a big spike in blood sugar level, making it suitable for people with diabetes. It has also been shown to decrease bad cholesterol in your body and keeps you satiated for longer.
Nutriplus FibreFit comes in an easy to use sachets that you can carry with you wherever you go. It also does not have any taste, odour and is heat stable, making it suitable for use in a number of hot and cold products. Just add it to your food item or beverage of choice and you are ready to go.
I am sure that I do not have to talk more about why you need to add more fibre to your diet. Using Nutriplus FibreFit on a daily basis has done wonders to me and my family!
