Fibre is essential for the healthy functioning of our bodies in order to keep us healthy.  Recommendations are 30 grams per day which can be achieved through three good portions of starch (bread, rice, pasta, noodles, cous cous, oats, potatoes, shredded wheat or bran cereals etc) per day.  Just make sure your starch is wholemeal, wholegrain or wholewheat depending on the product.  This combined with five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily can help you reach your mark.  Some high fibre fruit and vegetables include figs, strawberries, parsnip, broccoli as well as beans and peas.  Other high fibre foods which could be added in as snacks or sprinkled over meals include almonds, peanuts, sesame and sunflower seeds.  But what if I don’t eat some of these foods? Well, its advised to include these foods within your diet as its always a food first approach.  But if some are absent there could be the option of fibre supplements.  These can be bought in health stores in which some include Bioglan inulin, psyllium husks, fruit and fibres regular, to name a few.  There are different types of fibre that is found in food which includes soluble fibres like pectins and beta-glucans, insoluble fibre like cellulose, resistant starch and prebiotic fibre.  These fibres help with adding bulk to stools, cholesterol lowering, reducing constipation, gut health and feeding probiotic bacteria in our bodies.