Category: Fibre

Getting enough fibre when you’ve eliminated gluten from your diet can be hard. Dietitian Lana Hirth shows you clever ways to meet your target. For the estimated one in 70 Kiwis who have coeliac disease, removing gluten is a necessity, not a choice. Others choose to eat less bread and wheat-based food (and therefore less

We all know we need it, and it’s good for us. But just how do we get enough fibre to keep us healthy? I can remember my grandmother sprinkling bran on her porridge every morning, and Grandpa eating prunes. ‘Roughage’ was all the rage: “To keep one regular, dear,” I learnt as a child.Its popularity,

Why fibre? One of the important functions of fibre is for bowel health and regularity of bowel movements, but higher fibre diets are also  associated with reduced risk of diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. Foods high in fibre tend to be lower in energy, and  because fibre slows the rate of digestion, it helps

Why fibre is key to a healthy gut Click here to find out if your gut is fibre fit! As we discover how important the balance of our gut bacteria is to wellness, the role of fibre is increasingly being revealed as crucial. We know that fibre is a key player in our digestion –

Disrupted routines can upset our digestion and consequently affect our bowels. Here are a couple of simple tricks to manage this when you're on holiday. Have you ever noticed how easily we talk to complete strangers about our bowels? A recent tramping holiday, requiring 'close-to-nature' living in the bush and just such a discussion, caused

With its ability to reduce cholesterol, help blood sugar control, fill you up for longer and keep you regular, fibre is the original super nutrient. Women need to aim for at least 25g of fibre and men, 30g daily. But, in reality, most adult Kiwi women eat only 17g a day and men only 22g.

Deficiencies in these essential nutrients are common – but they're easy to avoid. Iron Why: Oxygen transporter. Iron is an integral part of haemoglobin which transports oxygen around, plus other transport systems and enzymes. What if I don't have enough? Women of childbearing age need lots of iron. If you have heavy periods or don't

You know that fibre is good for you and that you need more of it, but how? The foods on this guide will help take your fibre intake to the max! DOWNLOAD – Get more fibre at every meal Author: tracy Healthy Food Guide First published: Apr 2018 2018-04-04 14:02:38

Is Kiwi favourite breakfast cereal Weet-Bix a healthy option to start your day? Debate around the cereal’s nutrition started on social media after Auckland nutritionist Mikki Williden was publicly critical of Weet-Bix as a breakfast choice because it is low in protein and fat. At Healthy Food Guide, we have no problem with people –

Fibre is not a sexy component of food. Even the word sounds dull and dry. ‘High fibre’ is not a label that tends to fill us with joy when we see it, even though most of us know that we need fibre in our diets to keep things ‘moving’ and keep our guts healthy. That’s