Fibre
What we still don't know
Where the mechanisms stop predicting what will happen to you specifically — and which claims to be suspicious of, including ours.
What we still don't know
Where the mechanisms stop predicting what will happen to you specifically — and which claims to be suspicious of, including ours.
The lining and the mucus layer
The barrier is a flow, not a wall. What bacteria eat when the fibre stops arriving.
The lining and the mucus layer
The barrier is a flow, not a wall. What bacteria eat when the fibre stops arriving.
Cholesterol and the bile acid loop
A gel traps bile acids so they leave instead of being recycled, and the liver pulls LDL from the blood to rebuild them.
Cholesterol and the bile acid loop
A gel traps bile acids so they leave instead of being recycled, and the liver pulls LDL from the blood to rebuild them.
Glucose and the viscosity brake
The one fibre effect with no biology in it — and why it only counts for the meal it is present at.
Glucose and the viscosity brake
The one fibre effect with no biology in it — and why it only counts for the meal it is present at.
Fibre, appetite and GLP-1
Your densest population of appetite sensors sits at the far end of your gut, carrying receptors for the products of fermentation. And where the drugs differ in kind.
Fibre, appetite and GLP-1
Your densest population of appetite sensors sits at the far end of your gut, carrying receptors for the products of fermentation. And where the drugs differ in kind.
Regularity, mechanically
Most of what fibre does for regularity is hold water where your colon would otherwise reclaim it.
Regularity, mechanically
Most of what fibre does for regularity is hold water where your colon would otherwise reclaim it.