7 easy ways to add more fibre to your diet

1. Choose healthy bread

Always choose wholegrain bread instead of white bread.

• Explore our A-Z of world breads.

2. Have a wholegrain breakfast 

Have wholegrain breakfast cereals such as porridge, no-added-sugar muesli or bran flakes.

• Discover how to brighten up your breakfast.
• See breakfast cereals ranked best to worst.

3. Get your 5-a-day

Always have at least one portion of fruit or vegetables at every meal.

• Watch our video and learn how to eat more vegetables without even noticing.

4. Don't scrimp on the salad

Add plenty of salad to your sandwiches. Or try bean soup with wholegrain bread, jacket potato with baked beans, or salad with wholegrain bread.

• Discover 10 surprisingly sensational salad ingredients.

5. Eat the right carbohydrates

Have wholegrain or high-fibre starchy carbohydrates such as potatoes with skins on, wholewheat pasta, brown rice or bulghur wheat with your evening meal.

• Get our recipe for potato curry.

6. Snack on fibre-filled foods

Choose snacks that add fibre to your diet – dried fruit, fresh fruit, wholegrain rice or oatcakes with hummus or avocado.

• Learn what 100 calories looks like to help you make healthy snack choices.

7. Bulk out your meals

Add beans or lentils to soups, stews and curries.

Get our recipe for Tuscan bean and vegetable stew (pictured above).

• Read more about fibre - are you eating enough?
• Test your knowledge in our fibre quiz.