Eating a high fibre diet provides many good health benefits for diabetes, heart health, body weight and bowel health.
This guide will cover:
- types of dietary fibre and sources
- daily target for dietary fibre
- how to read food labels to identify high fibre foods.
The contents of this fact sheet were last updated July 2022
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