Category Archives: Fibre

Do Grasses Protect From Environmental Toxins?

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Oats Lower Cholesterol: Beta-Glucans

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Fibre was once considered little more than roughage for the gastrointestinal tract. However, advances in nutritional science has shown fibre to be a complex and heterogeneous group of compounds with diverse effects. Many studies have investigated the effects of various … Continue reading →

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High Fibre Diets Can Reduce Energy Intake

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Fibre has some interesting nutritional properties that may make it useful in the control of body weight. Removing fibre from the diet, as occurs when refined and processed starches are consumed, may therefore have detrimental effects. In fact, the typical … Continue reading →

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Eating Rate and Energy Intake

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The populations who live around the Mediterranean sea are considered healthier than typical ‘Westernised’ counterparts. Part of this health likely stems from adherence to their traditional diets which include a number of foods that have been shown to be beneficial … Continue reading →

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The Relationship Between Fibre and Carbohydrate

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Carbohydrate is a generic term used to describe starches and sugars. These are sources of energy in humans and play an important role in physical performance. Starches are produced by plants and comprise of long chains of sugar units, actually … Continue reading →

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Beneficial High Carbohydrate Diets

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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High Carbohydrate Diets That Are Healthy

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Low carbohydrate diets are beneficial to the health. In this regard they have been shown to cause weight loss, improve insulin sensitivity, reduce fasting blood glucose levels, reduce fasting triglyceride levels and have beneficial effects on blood lipoprotein cholesterol. The … Continue reading →

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Are Legumes Protective Of Cardiovascular Disease?

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Leguminous plants include the beans, lentils and peas. The leguminous plants produce seeds which are called pulses. Humans eat legumes including pulses and these provide high levels of many nutrients and are excellent sources of protein, starch and phytonutrients. Evidence … Continue reading →

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The Diverse Effects of Fibre

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Dietary fibre is a heterogenous group of non-digestible plant polysaccharides. Due to the structural heterogeneity, dietary fibre from different sources shows physiological and biochemical differences in humans. One of the effects of fibre in human nutrition is that of modification … Continue reading →

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More on Fibre Particle Size

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Fibre is an interesting macronutrient because until recently it was largely neglected in the nutritional literature, when compared to the other major macronutrients. In this regard, fibre was seen as a component of the diet for providing bulk to food … Continue reading →

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