Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Posted: 17 Jan 2026, 11:44
Oh no! Gen Z have just discovered dietary fibre and are excited to tell us what they think we are missing and to guide us into healthy eating.
`Is fibre the new protein? The surprising health benefits of the latest wellness trend' LINK
It seems like no-one on the BBC News editorial team realises that most of the population know about dietary fibre already. I've written on OG before about people such as Surgeon Captain Peter Cleave solving the constipation among sailors on HMS King George V in WW2 by adding bran to their diets. After him Denis Burkitt was responsible for the `dietary fibre hypothesis' in the 1960s. The following article is long but an interesting history of those who contributed to dietary fibre studies and changed our diets.
`Denis Burkitt and the origins of the dietary fibre hypothesis' Nutrition Research Reviews
`Is fibre the new protein? The surprising health benefits of the latest wellness trend' LINK
It seems like no-one on the BBC News editorial team realises that most of the population know about dietary fibre already. I've written on OG before about people such as Surgeon Captain Peter Cleave solving the constipation among sailors on HMS King George V in WW2 by adding bran to their diets. After him Denis Burkitt was responsible for the `dietary fibre hypothesis' in the 1960s. The following article is long but an interesting history of those who contributed to dietary fibre studies and changed our diets.
`Denis Burkitt and the origins of the dietary fibre hypothesis' Nutrition Research Reviews