Emily Leeming's Blog, page 9

🧠 Salad isn't (always) all it's cracked up to be

The best thing you can do for your gut bacteria?

Eat more fibre, the roughage of plant foods like fruit, veg, whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds.

Fibre feeds your ‘good’ gut bacteria, so they can make special molecules for your health called short-chain fatty acids.

Fibre also keeps you feeling full for longer by slowing the release of sugar into your bloodstream - balancing your blood sugar levels.

Some plants have far more fibre than others, and I think you’ll be surprised which ones…

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