As you can see, fibre comes in a huge range of different forms depending on the plant consumed and the area of the plant in question. Additionally, some fibres are extracted and added to something else, or manufactured in a laboratory for use due to their health-promoting properties. A diet high in fibre is associated with a number of positive health outcomes while a diet low in fibre is associated with the opposite. A diet high in fibre is also associated with lower bodyfat, and may be useful for fat loss efforts. This is impossible to isolate as relating to fibre alone, but the point remains that a diet high in foods containing fibre seem at least mildly health-promoting.
This is one of many instances where it should be considered that foods, rather than nutrients, are what makes up our diets, and so it is fibre rich foods, rather than fibre per se, which should be our focus.
In the following modules, we will be leaving the theoretical stuff behind and exploring the practical application of your new nutritional knowledge. You know the biology. You know the recommendations and it is now time to start the process of changing your life!