11 Amazing OTHER Things Fibre can do for Your Body! October 9, 2016

Fibre…

1. helps you lose weight & improve body composition

2. helps with cholesterol problems & cardiovascular disease

3. improves diabetes & metabolic syndrome

4. decreases inflammation in the gut & throughout the body

5. helps with allergies, eczema, asthma & hay fever

6. improves skin

7. improves mood

8. improves energy levels

9. helps balance hormones

10. strengthens & balances your immune system

11. improves your digestion & absorption of nutrients

The reasons fibre can help with all of these things are complex – but basically it helps to improve your ‘internal ecosystem’ (specifically your gut microbial diversity & abundance). Our good gut bugs eat whatever makes it through into the large intestine intact (i.e. fibre), & when they are well fed every day – they do all kinds of great things for us. The research on this topic is fascinating, & will completely change the way we look at food, medicine & health in general.

If you’re keen to find out some more – here’s a few names to google & start reading about food, fibre & gut health in general.

• Justin Sonnenberg (researcher & author)
• Tim Spector (researcher & author)
• Martin Blaser (Dr and author – Missing Microbes)
• Rob Knight (research & publications)
• Professor Luigina Romani (researcher)
• Ruth Ley  (Integrative Biology)
• Professor Liping Zhao (great video understanding gut bacteria and obesity)
• Dr Robynne Chutkan  (Integrative GP – another great video on modern medicine and its impact)

You might also like to read: Not all Fibre is Created Equal and Fibre the Gut and Modern Disease

Please share some of your own ‘great reads’ in the comments below.