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The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health impacts

Most ingredients touted as the key to better health fail to live up to the hype but fibre bucks this trend, with benefits for the whole body, not just the gut

By Michael Marshall

30 October 2024

Close-up of woman eating omega 3 rich salad. Female having healthy salad consist of chopped salmon, spinach, brussels sprouts, avocado, soybeans, wakame and chia seeds in a bowl.

New studies are showing ever more reasons to eat up your greens

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When it comes to our diet, there is an ever-changing list of things touted as the key to better health: cutting out carbs, eating like a caveman or dosing up on supposed superfoods such as turmeric. Most fail to live up to the hype – but there is one supernutrient that bucks this trend.

It is common knowledge that dietary fibre is good for you, but few of us appreciate just how far-reaching its health benefits go. Being in the know is worth your while, though,…

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