A High Fibre Diet

A high fibre and fluid diet is a healthy diet that is suitable for all the family. You should encourage a regular meal pattern and increase the whole family’s fibre and fluid intake at every meal. By doing this you will increase the water content of stools, making them softer and easier to pass.

How to calculate how much fibre your child should be eating

For children older than two years, calculate (Age) + 5 grams per day, e.g. if your child is seven years old, the calculation would be 7 + 5 = 12 grams per day.

Food	Portion size	Fibre content (grams)
Bread
Wholemeal	1 small slice	1.5
Brown	1 small slice	0.9
Hovis	1 small slice	0.8
High fibre white	1 small slice	0.8
Wholemeal pitta bread	1 mini	1.8
Breakfast cereals
All-Bran	Average small bowl		7.2
Bran Buds	Average small bowl		6.6
Mini Shredded Wheat	Average small bowl		3.4
Bran Flakes	Average small bowl		2.6
Sultana Bran	Average small bowl		2.0
Fruit ‘n’ Fibre	Average small bowl		1.4
Country Store	Average small bowl		1.2
Raisin Splitz	Average small bowl		2.3
Corn Flakes	Average small bowl		0.2
Muesli	Average small bowl		2
Weetabix	1 biscuit		1.9
Biscuits and pastry
Cracker (wholemeal)	1		0.4
Digestive (plain)	1		0.3
Gingernuts	1		0.2
Oatcakes	1		0.7
Shortbread	1		0.2
Oat based biscuit	1		0.5
Wholemeal scone	Average size (1)		2.6
Wholemeal fruit cake	Average slice		1.7
Cereal bar	1		1.0
Fruit (raw)
Apple	1 small		1.3
Avocado pear	1/2		2.6
Banana	1 medium		1.1
Blackberries	10		1.55
Dates (dried)	5		3.0
Fruit cocktail (canned in juice)	Small bowl		1.2
Grapefruit	1/2		1.0
Grapes	10		0.6
Kiwi fruit	1 medium		1.1
Mango	1 slice		1.0
Melon	1 slice		1.5
(cantaloupe)
Orange	1 small		2.0
Peach	1 small		1.1
Pear	1 medium		3.3
Pineapple	1 large slice		1.0
Plum	1 small		0.5
Prunes (dried)	5		2.3
Raisins	1 tablespoon		0.6
Raspberries	10		1.0
Tangerine	1 small		0.6
Strawberries	5		0.7
Sultanas	24		0.5
Nuts*
Almonds	6 whole		1.0
Brazils	3 whole		0.6
Peanuts	10 whole		0.8
Peanut butter	Thickly spread on 1 slice bread		1.4
Rice and pasta
Brown boiled rice	2 heaped tablespoons		0.6
Wholemeal spaghetti	3 tablespoons		3.1
Vegetables
Carrots	2 tablespoons		2
Beetroot	4 slices		0.8
Turnip	1 tablespoon		0.8
Potatoes – baked with skin	Small		2.7
Potatoes – new	2 average		1.2
Oven chips	Small portion		1.2
Spinach	2 tablespoons		1.7
Broccoli tops (raw)	2 spears		2.4
Cabbage	2 tablespoons		1.1
Cauliflower	3 florets		0.5
Celery (raw)	1 stick		0.3
Leeks	Stem, white portion only		1.1
Peas	2 tablespoons		3.0
Broad beans	2 tablespoons		7.8
Butter beans	2 tablespoons		3.7
Red kidney beans	2 tablespoons		4.3
Chickpeas	2 tablespoons		2.9
Baked beans	2 tablespoons		3.0
Lentils – split (boiled)	2 tablespoons		1.5
Corn-on-the-cob	1 whole		2.7
Sweetcorn – can	2 tablespoons		0.9
Tomatoes – raw	1 small		0.7
Green pepper	2 sliced rings		0.3

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