10 Ways to Increase Your Fibre Intake

Fibre is all the craze in marketing these days, unfortunately most of the fibre in packaged foods is sourced from inulin, a fibre that may not cut the mustard in offering you the health benefits such as lowering cholesterol levels, improving blood sugar control or minimizing your risk of cancer.

Meeting the recommended 21-38g fibre daily, is no easy feat.
Here are 10 ways to increase your daily fibre intake.

1. Choose whole grain breads at meals, with at least 3g fibre per slice.
2. Use peanut butter instead of margarine or cream cheese - tasty on bread, apples, bananas, whole grain crackers.
3. Choose high fibre cereals, with at least 6g fibre per serving.
4. Eat an apple (or pear). 
5. Eat 1/4 cup raw almonds.
6. Sprinkle 1 tbsp ground flax into your oatmeal. 
7. Add 1/4 cup blueberries into your yogurt.  
8. Eat a bean salad, minestrone soup or chili (containing beans).
9. Enjoy a medium-sized baked sweet potato at dinner.
10. Serve a side of green peas (1/2 cup) next to your sweet potato.

Remember to increase your fibre intake slowly, and compliment with plenty of water (1.5-2L per day).