Month: November 2018
Fibre in the diet
Posted on November 5, 2018 by adminIn Medical
Dietary fibre helps regular bowel actions and reduces constipation and also helps with sugar control for diabetic and pre-diabetics. Dietary fibre requirements vary between 25 – 40 grams per day for most adults and about half that for primary school children. Around 30 gms per day would be a good starting point. Effectiveness should be judged by outcome generally a daily formed bowel action of toothpaste like consistency and homogenous texture. Dietary Fibre is not very effective without adequate water based fluid intake at nuts appropriate
- 5 serves vegetables (serve = ½ cup)
- 4 serves grains – preferably whole grains (serve = ½ cup or slice of wholemeal bread equivalent)
- 1 serve nuts or legumes (½ cup cooked beans peas etc. or small handful nuts