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Dietary fibre

Roxanne Lau, Careline Advisor

Growing children have growing needs, this section will guide you through your children’s cognitive, emotional and physical development.  It is also full of useful nutrition advice for your child’s ever increasing energy and nutritional requirements and growth. This is a great stage in your child’s life as they become more interactive and engaging, but with their increased language and curiosity there may be some questions you can’t answer;  remember we’re always here to support you.

Roxanne Lau, Careline Advisor
 

Dietary fibre



Dietary fibre is part of complex carbohydrates or often known as starch carbohydrates. It is defined as the part of plant foods that cannot be digested by the human body. The body does not have enzymes to break it into simpler compounds, but they are included in the diet due to its various health advantages.

There are 2 different types of fibre:

• Soluble Fibre - found in foods such as oatmeal, fruits, and vegetables, beans.
• Insoluble Fibre- it includes whole grain cereals, wholemeal bread, seeds, nuts, fruits and vegetables.

Fibre is valued in a weaning diet because:

• It helps ease constipation by adding 'bulk' to the stool which aids in regular elimination of the wastes.
• Acts as a "broom" which cleanses the body of undigested food/ toxins along the intestinal tract.
• Gives a feeling of fullness since it requires more chewing than low-fibre foods.

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