It is not often that TikTok food crazes get the approval of dietitians, but the latest trend, for ‘fibremaxxing’ has done just that.

The term just means increasing the amount of fibre in your diet – something that doctors have been encouraging people to do for decades, for its benefits to the gut and elsewhere.

Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that isn’t absorbed from the gut like the other main food components of sugar, starch, protein and fat, and so it can have noticeable effects on our bowel movements. New Feature

In Short

Quick Stories. Same trusted journalism.

The main sources of fibre are pulses, like peas, beans and lentils, wholegrains, like brown bread and pasta, and, to a lesser extent, other vegetables, like sweet potato, sprouts and spinach, as well as nuts and seeds.

Mo

See Full Page