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What are the highest fibre foods?

  • 02-09-2010 5:45pm
    #1
    Bob Z
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    Is spuds high in fibre or low?


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  • #2
    Thuck_Fat
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    Kidney beans, All-Bran, whole wheat pasta, whole grain bread, brown rice, and surprisingly, apples!

    Spuds are a decent enough source, not the best.


  • #3
    Thuck_Fat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Thuck_Fat


    neither. medium.


  • #4
    Bob Z
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    embarrising but i have piles at the moment. I know you have to eat loads of greem veg and dark juices but what other foods can i eat? I can't eat wheat so i am a bit restricted. What about pineapples?


  • #5
    Bob Z
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    is it a bad idea to take milk of magnesia AND coconut oil?


  • #6
    garancafan
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    Bob Z wrote: »
    Is spuds high in fibre or low?

    Best eaten with the skins for max fibre.


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  • #7
    EileenG
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    Green vegetables. Celery, fennel, spinach, beet greens, cabbage, broccoli, chard, cauliflower, aubergine, green beans, rhubarb etc are all full of fiber.

    Whole grain pasta and brown rice are not nearly as good as many people think. Brown rice is about 3g of fiber per 100g of uncooked rice. So you'd have to eat about 370 calories worth of rice to get the same fiber as a single portion of broccoli. Same with the pasta. The fiber to calories ratio is not good.

    Wild rice has about 6g of fiber per 100g of rice.

    Coconut oil will keep your bowels moving without anything else. So will rhubarb. Beetroot is almost scary the way it gets things moving (and it all comes out red)

    High fiber fruit includes most berries, figs, pears, avocado.


  • #8
    rubadub
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    I have odlums wheat bran which is 36.4% fibre, oat bran would be similar -dunno if you have to stay off oats as you mentioned no wheat, you get it in the porridge oats section in most supermarkets, you could mix it in a smoothie or in with porridge or pancakes.

    Psyllium Husks will definitely get things moving, thread about them here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055948201


  • #9
    jam_mac_jam
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    Dried fruit. Figs, raisans but what portion sizes as they are also sugary.


  • #10
    Wonkagirl
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    Some psyllium husks, taken with lots of water.


  • #11
    38 redwood
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    Eat 2 Kiwis. ( WITH SKIN ON) before breakfast. Wash well first. I know it sounds awful . I thought so too when they were recommended to me. Slice them. They taste fine. Wash down with tea or coffee if it makes it any easier. They definitely work and are natural so won't do you any harm. I find M & S "perfectly ripe" kiwis are nice and sweet. They should feel a bit soft. If they are firm they are bitter.


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