In a recent report about the “fibre gap,” the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) said that only about 4% of us eat the recommended 30g of fibre a day.
They added that the report identified “several priority areas for action,” including a “health by stealth” approach to improving people’s diets.
But what does that mean, and how can we achieve it?
Here, HuffPost UK spoke to Bridget Benelam, a nutrition scientist with BNF, about the term.
What is “health by stealth”?
It’s a way of making your diet better for you without you really noticing.
Benelam told us, “It’s mostly used to talk about industry reformulating products – e.g. reducing salt and sugar, or adding extra fibre to things like bread or pasta so that people get healthier food without having to change their habits”.
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