A lot of unhealthy food just tastes amazing and that's not by chance. If we're buying it from the store it's probably being designed by some very smart nutritional scientists to just trigger you know the exact bliss point. It's also going to give us probably like an immediate sugar rush so these things are incredibly tasty. I always look at my kids as soon as you start to open them up to these sorts of ultra processed foods they quite reasonably don't want to eat any of the healthy food you've given them before.
Diets rich in fiber are associated with good heart health and metabolic wellbeing. This type of diet can do wonders for our gut microbiome.
With so many benefits, relatively low cost, and high availability, fiber should be a staple nutrient in our diets — but most of us have a deficiency.
In today’s short episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan and Will ask: If fiber is so good for us, why are we not eating enough of it?
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Studies referenced in the episode:
- Read ‘Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses’ from The Lancet here
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