Fibre/Fiber

No matter how we spell it we should be eating more of it. Yesterday I had a look at what happens to a colon when the fibre/fiber intake is not what it should be and it motivated me to write this post. Here are some ways we can increase our consumption of this essential nutrient. Fruit, vegetables, legumes and whole grains are a great place to start. Let's eat the fruit instead of drinking the juice, keep it interesting many of the vegetables we eat cooked can be eaten raw (broccoli, green beans/string beans, cauliflower, zucchini). Mix it up more color is great reds, purples, greens, yellows, whites, oranges your imagination is the limit. Get out of the 'rut' maybe it has always been lettuce, tomatoes, sweet peas and carrots there is so much more to chose from make an effort to look for one new fruit or a new vegetable every grocery day it may surprise you what you find). Legumes are also a group of foods that can add character to some dishes you may have been cooking for years. I just recently tasted and fell in love with black eye peas now I even cook them. You can eliminate meat/reduce the amount of meat used in some dishes and add peas and or beans there is also a wonderful variety there to chose form as well. So lets start today your colon will thank you later!

A great tool to check out is Meatless Mondays a Worldwide movement started to encourage us to eliminate meat form out diets one day per week. Check out the website here.