With most of us falling well below meeting our daily fibre needs, fibre-maxxing is a social media trend that Healthy Food Guide can get behind. Managing editor Jenny de Montalk and accredited practising dietitian Min Saw share how much fibre you need and how to hit your daily target the healthiest way. Plus, eating 30+ plant per week is the key to a healthy gut microbiome. Find out how to accumulate more plant points, without the fuss.

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Changes to the US dietary guidelines and the reintroduction of a food pyramid have been mired in controversary, with some critics saying they're adding to the confusion about what constitutes a healthy diet. Healthy Food Guide dietitian Min Saw and managing editor Jenny de Montalk unpack the updates and discuss what they could mean for Australians and Kiwis. Plus they share their top tips on packing the perfect healthy lunch for every life stage.

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Acute inflammation is a necessary reaction to injury or infection in your body. But chronic inflammation has been associated with multiple health conditions from mental illness to diabetes and heart disease. And many of the factors driving chronic inflammation are modifiable. Healthy Food Guide dietitian Jess Burvill and nutritionist and mum of three Kathleen Alleaume take a look at what inflammation is, what it really means for your health and which foods can help ease it.

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