by MicheleK » Tue 15 Jan, 2019 11:17 am
Very interesting thread. Although i hardly eat any processed food, make my own almost everything from scratch, eat a tonne of pulses, seeds, nuts, fruit and veg, i am still interested in different ways of adding fibre.
I have used (the brand is kind of irrelevant, i am not associated with any company) the following:
- Greens and Reds powder from Nutraorganics - has a great ingredients list so you are getting lots of good stuff, not just fibre. I find it works well in breakfast mixes or homemade muesli bars. Its a bit sweetish, so i don't think it works that well in savoury recipes but you can hide it in lots of things.
- have used a Kale powder, and a Spirulina one, not sure of the brand, but i prefer a blended mix so that it targets different aspects of nutrition/digestion rather than just one plant ground up.
- Thriving Protein from Nutraorganics - although its a protein supplement, it has a good fibre content. Good as an allrounder.
While i don't agree with foods being labelled as "superfoods" i have investigated a lot of the stuff out there in terms of boosting nutrition not just at home but also on a multi-day bushwalk or for general camping. Its worth investigating beyond the hype and looking at the benefits/calories/etc to see if it could be useful in the bush. There's a lot of it out there and while i am not vegan, i think there are a lot of vegan things out there that are useful and worth investigating further. If it will give me more fibre or energy I'll give it a go. Worth checking out the healthfood aisle of the supermarket or a specialty heath shop.