A1: Fibre is crucial for good gut health, and reducing your risk of bowel and colorectal cancers, and heart disease. Fibre can also help you lose weight as it helps fill us up. @AfNutr #FibreFeb

A6: Falafel, adding red lentils to rice and bean wraps are a great way of adding fibre. My bean wrap recipe can be found here: https://t.co/yzbAPQCW9C @AfNutr #FibreFeb

Great opportunity to catch up if you missed the @AfNutr #fibrefeb chat #CPD

We should all eat more fibre, for normal function and to assist in the prevention of chronic illnesses. We have a wide selection, search our product list or speak to the sales managers to see what is right for your product #fibrefeb #nutraceuticals #fibrefebruary #supplements

A5 Industry can help by adding fibre but they need to add fibre to products which don't promote free sugar intake. Add fibre in savoury ready meals and snacks. The out of home sector could help too by offering more pulses, wholegrains and veg on menus. @AfNutr #FibreFeb

Really pleased to join the 2nd @AfNutr chat #FibreFeb. I'm a freelance Registered Nutritionist based in #Manchester and AfN Regional Rep for the north west. Watch this thread for lots of evidenced based advice from nutrition professionals @AfN_UK_

A6.Following a Mediterranean style of eating should cover the #fibre intakes recommendations. I share plenty of #healthy #vegetarian & #vegan #MediterraneanDiet #recipes on my blog Tasty Mediterraneo👉 https://t.co/zwBKEiXDZD #AfNutrChat #NutritionIsAScience #FibreFeb #beatNCDs

How can we get more fibre in our diets? Find out more from Puratos expert Raluca Florea https://t.co/6UY68RkahD #FibreFebruary #fiber #fibre #fibrefeb #foodmatterslive #puratos #Puratosuk #guthealth

Forgive us for looking ahead and warmer weather - especially as we have had snow today! We supply Barley as flour, powder, grass powder and extracts, search our website for your requirements #nutraceuticals #fibrefebruary #fibrefeb

A2: Prebiotic fibre from foods like chicory, inulin, leeks, asparagus, artichoke and onion can help increase the diversity of gut microbiota. @AfNutr #FibreFeb

A2. #Fibre is broken down by bacterial fermentation & used as fuel.Increasing levels of foods rich in fibre can boost the number of bacteria. The #MediterraneanDiet is rich in fibre & helps #beatNCDs #AfNutrChat #NutritionIsAScience #LoveYourGut #FibreFeb

A5 @NovaFarina won a @FoodMattersLive award in 2018 for their pea flour 'breadcrumb'. Their pea flour naturally has 50% more fibre than wheat flour. Could be used to increase the fibre in baked goods or crumbed products @AfNutr #FibreFeb

A6 Hi, just joining at the tail end. One of my light lunches: colours galore - tomatoes, leaves, peppers. Unsaturated fat from creamy avocado. High insoluble fibre foods are often brown, let's spread news of vibrant #fibre providers #fibrefeb #eatthemtodefeatthem #afnutrchat

Late to the party 🥳 but... 🌱 Lots of health benefits of dietary #fibre; evidence from @wcrfint includes: ⬇️ risk of colorectal #cancer 📖 https://t.co/wUINYIfZek ⬇️ risk weight gain, overweight & obesity 📖 https://t.co/znpyVZEAjY #FibreFeb #AfNutrChat

Fantastic tweets tonight folks...The final question is coming up...#FibreFeb #AfNutrChat

A4: Fibre source 👉≥3g fibre /100g or ≥1.5g /100kcal High fibre 👉 ≥6g fibre /100g or ≥3g /100kcal Is this common knowledge for the general population? Understanding food labels is important for increasing fibre intakes #FibreFeb #AfNutrChat

Q6: Share your tips & meal ideas to help boost fibre intakes towards recommendations. #FibreFeb #AfNutrChat

A3: Fibre often gets forgotten as it is not glamorous. We need to talk about fibre. We can look to encourage increased fruit and veg intake, wholegrains and more legumes. We need to encourage good hydration too which is needed for fibre to work. @AfNutr @LovePulses #FibreFeb

For anyone who missed #FibreFeb last week, or if you’re like me and want to browse again 🙃 @AfNutr have archived below 👇🏼

The NHS recommends adults aim to eat 30g of fibre daily. But what does that look like? Below we've shown what could be on the menu if you're aiming to hit this recommendation. Find out more about the surprising benefits of fibre with our quiz #FibreFeb ⟶ https://t.co/IxWLZIgBdb