Amazing High Fibre Foods for Healthy Weight Loss

Lauren Atkins
4 min readAug 8, 2018

A diet of high fibre foods is essential in maintaining our overall health. It combats disease and illness in our bodies and can help weight loss and weight management by keeping us feeling full quicker and for longer.

If you are going to change one thing about your diet and lifestyle, try adding more fibre.

An important note: When increasing your fibre intake, do this slowly and ensure you drink a LOT of fluids to avoid constipation.

Let’s dive right in!

Why do we need Fibre?

High fibre foods are important to digestion and regularity, weight management, blood sugar regulation, cholesterol maintenance and more. A diet of fibre rich foods has also been linked to longevity and decreasing the risk of cancer.

High fibre foods supply us with vitamins and minerals to keep our immune system at its best. If we do not eat enough fibre rich foods then we are at risk of developing one of these health issues.

What does Fibre do?

Dietary fibre is sometimes called roughage or bulk and is a plant-based nutrient that cannot be broken down by digestion. Therefore, fibre simply passes through the intestinal tract relatively intact. The term “dietary fibre” refers to the…

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