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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Anna Bartter

I'm a Beginner Who Challenged Myself To Hit My 30g a Day Fibre Intake For A Month - Now, I'm a Convert

Health Writer Anna trying a fibre challenge, where she aims to up her fibre intake every day.

If 2025 was all about protein, 2026 is set to be the year of fibre. You might already have noticed your algorithms skewed more towards fibre in the past couple of months, and trust us: this is one social media trend worth taking note of.

Far from being a passing craze, this one's got legs. Fibre is essential for overall health and wellbeing, with studies (such as this one, published in The Lancet) consistently showing a link between adequate fibre intake and a reduced risk of all-cause mortality, lowering our chances of developing coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and colon cancer.

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