Fibre Diet - f-plan

The F plan diet

Now this is one that you will have heard of (If you're over 25 anyway)
It was created by Audrey Eyton in 1982 and was pro-carbohydrate.
The basic premise of the diet is that the fibre from things like jacket potatoes fills you up and stops you overeating because you feel satisfied.

This is a high-fibre, low-fat, calorie-controlled diet which if you follow it should help you lose weight.

Basically it was giggled at by anyone who'd known anyone on it as the F stood for farting as well as fibre.

This lead me to read up on fibre and apparently we should eat 30-35 grams of fibre per day That doesn't sound like a lot at all does it.

A slice of wholegrain bread may contain 1.8g of fibre - but that would take a lot of slices of bread - so look at high fibre cereals, fruit, veggies,

Note:When trying to eat more fibre you should make sure you have lots to drink when you eat a high fibre diet.
Drink at least two litres (about 8-10 cups) per day. You may find that if you eat more fibre or fibre supplements, you may have some bloating and wind at first. This is often temporary. As your gut becomes used to extra fibre or fibre supplements, the bloating or wind tends to settle over a few weeks.

High Fibre foods you might find easy to include in your diet

Wholemeal or wholegrain bread.

Wholemeal biscuits (about half a gram of fibre in a standard one)
Oatcakes (Maybe 8% fibre - see packets for details)

Wholemeal flour for making bread, scones, cakes, and general cooking.

Whole-grain breakfast cereals eg: All Bran, Bran Flakes, Weetabix, Shredded Wheat, or muesli, etc. Check the sugar and calorie levels though

Brown rice,

Wholemeal pasta and spagetti