5 Ways to sneak in Fibre ino your Diet

Fibre is good for you. Fibre is the indigestible part of plant foods, e.g. the husk on the grain, the crunch on the apple. Fibre is good; it protects you from heart disease, cancer, digestive problems. One very important importance of fibre is also that it helps to lower cholesterol and high cholesterol is a big problem for many people.. With all these benefits, you can be convinced that fibre in indeed very good for us, and is one nutrient you must have in your daily diet.
Now, below are six ways in which you can comfortably sneak in fibre into your diet:
1. Eat cereal everyday for breakfast, a whole grain unsweetened cereal.
2. Eat more oatmeal; you can do this by including oats into your muffins or biscuits when preparing them.
3. When making sandwiches, always add lettuce and tomatoes instead of cheese. They add fibre and reduce calories.
4. Eat the skin of your baked sweet potatoes. This brings up the fibre content than when the potatoes are mashed.
5. Switch to whole wheat flour when baking. You can do this gradually by mixing the normal flour and whole wheat flour, then eventually you start using only the whole wheat flour.