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Dietary Fibre & Weight Loss

When dieting and losing weight, people often overlook the importance of dietary fibres and the positive effects that they can have on your heart, weight and energy levels. Some often view fibre as something to avoid while dieting, when in fact missing out foods high in fibre will not help with weight loss in any way.

Different forms of fibre:

Fibre comes in a variety of forms, but it is important for us to eat a variety of fibres to be able to gain all of fibre's benefits. Although all fibres are healthy, research has indicated that fibre from whole foods may help with weight loss the most, mainly because they contain high fibre and lower calories.

  • Soluble and insoluble fibre ? All fibres are one or the other. Soluble fibres are dissolved in water and can slow down digestion and lower cholesterol. Insoluble fibres are gut-healthy fibres that are not dissolved in water and speed up the passage of food.
  • Dietary fibre ? Is the fibre that is naturally found in the foods that we eat.
  • Functional fibres ? Are added to foods to boost their fibre content.

The best time to eat fibre:

The best meal to stock up on fibres is definitely breakfast. Considering that most people tend to reach for the snacks around mid-morning, fibre is your best weapon against weight gain as it plays a huge role in hunger and appetite. Fibre is great alongside weight loss because it makes you feel fuller for longer, which can enable you to resist snacking or eating unnecessarily. Fibre high foods usually take longer to chew and prolong the eating process, which gives your brain time to get the signal that you've had enough to eat. Those who lose and keep off the most weight are those who get a healthy amount of fibre for their breakfast, compared to those who try to avoid fibre and carbs.