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Fibre comes wrapped in all sorts of packages, from common fruit and vegetables to more exotic grains and legumes. Some of these foods are easy to add to your diet.

Listed below are some of the best fibre-rich foods – all of which you should be able to find your local grocery store. Note all measures quoted are approximates.

Product

How it Measures up

Apples

A 5oz apple including skin approx 3 grams of fiber, including .08 of pectin, a soluble fibre.

Apricots

3 average size fruits contain 3 grams of fibre

Artichokes

one medium cooked artichoke Contains more than 6 grams of fibre

Avocados

Half a fruit container 5 grams of fibre

Barley

One cup of cooked pearl Barley contains 6 grams of fibre

Beans

½ cup:
Black eyed peas = 8 grams
Chickpeas = 7 grams
Kidney beans = 7 grams
Lima beans = 7 grams
Black beans = 6 grams

Berries (low calorie bonus food)

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Blackberries = 3.7 grams
Strawberries = 3 grams
Raspberries = 2.5 grams
Blueberries = 1.4 grams

Broccoli

(low calorie bonus food) ½ cup provides 2 grams of fibre

Brown Rice

½ cup contains 2 grams

Brussels Sprouts (low calorie bonus food)

½ cup serving 3 grams

Bulgur

1 cup cooked bulgur more than 9 grams

Carrots (low calorie bonus food)

One raw carrot or ½ cup sliced and cooked = 2 grams

Cereal

one cup of Wheaties or 1/1/4 cup of Cheerios contain 3 grams of fiber

Corn

Yellow corn has more than 2 grams
White variety has more than 4 grams
1 cup of popped corn contains 2 grams

Figs

three figs approx. 5 grams

Flaxseed

three tablespoons of seeds contain 3 grams

Melon ( low calorie bonus food)

Halt a honeydew contains 3 grams of fibre

Mushrooms (low calorie bonus food)

½ cup boiled mushrooms contains 1.7 grams of fibre

Nuts

½ cup typically contain 1to 2 grams

Oats

Oat bran contains 2 grams of soluble fiber in ½ cup

Oatmeal

has 1 gram of soluble fiber in ½ cup.

Oranges

An orange contains 3 grams of fibre

Parsnips

One cup of cooked parsnips contains nearly 7 grams of fibre

Pears

1 pear contains 4 grams of fibre

Peas

½ cup has more than 4 grams of fibre

Potatoes

One baked potato contains 5 grams of fibre

Prunes

5 prunes contain almost 3 grams of fibre

Pumpkin

½ cup contains more than 3 grams of fibre

Raisins

½ cup contains 4 grams of fibre

Rhubarb

½ contains more than 2 grams of fibre

Sweet potato

½ cup contains more than 4 grams of fibre

Tropical Fruits

1 guava contains 5 grams
1 mango contains almost 6 grams

Wheat

One slice of whole wheat bread has 2.1 grams of fiber
½ cup of whole-wheat spaghetti has 2.7 grams of fibre

Wheat Germ

1/3 cup contains 5 grams of fibre
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