Evidence-based nutrition, in plain English — every entry sourced from clinical research.

THE COLLECTION

Health Benefit: Gut Health

Every entry in this collection — sourced, checked and written to be read.

Whole raw globe artichokes

Artichoke

One of the highest-fibre vegetables available, artichokes also supply cynarin for liver support and inulin prebiotic fibre.

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Fresh plums, one halved

Plum

Plums combine sorbitol and fibre for gut health, with polyphenols that slow glucose absorption and support weight management.

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Raw rhubarb stalks

Rhubarb

Rhubarb stalks are high in fibre and vitamin K, but the leaves are poisonous — only the stalks should be eaten.

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Raw potatoes, one halved

Potato

Potatoes are a cheap, nutrient-dense energy source with more potassium than bananas, especially when cooled to increase resistant starch.

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Dietary Fibre

Dietary fibre is the part of plant foods your body cannot digest — and that is exactly the point. It slows the release of sugar into

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Resistant Starch

Resistant starch is the maverick of the carbohydrate world: a starch that slips past digestion in the small intestine and arrives, intact, in the colon where

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Inulin

Inulin is a prebiotic fibre, a chain of fructose units that the body cannot break down but that gut bacteria adore. Stored by plants as an

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Pectin

Pectin is a soluble fibre found in the cell walls of fruit and vegetables, the very substance that sets a jar of homemade jam. In the

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