Prof Sarah Berry

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ZOE Science & Nutrition · How to reduce your heart disease, dementia and cancer risk with 12 everyday high-fibre foods | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Prof Sarah Berry · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

Most countries internationally are not consuming enough fiber.

In the US, in the UK, in many, many countries, we're now getting more protein than what is considered necessary for normal bodily function.

Okay, there isn't a harm in getting more, but if it's at the cost of other good nutrients, that becomes a problem.

What we've seen, recent analysis actually that was just published only recently, showed over the last 10 to 15 years, the intake in the UK, and I would imagine it's similar in the US, of protein has increased by 20%.

Now, that's quite big.

Now, what's good news is we have seen very recently a slight increase in fiber in the UK and the US, but I mean, we're talking tiny, we're talking about half a gram to a gram.

Now, there is the question of by protein maxing, are we then limiting our fibre?

There isn't much data actually to show that by adding in more protein, those people tend to have less fibre in their diets.

And we've analysed from our own ZOE Predict studies, looking at if people who have more protein, do they tend to have less fibre?

Now, if people are doing it in the way that we would advise people to do it, you can get a really good level of protein and a good level of fibre in your diet.

Where it becomes a problem is more, I think, Hugh, these kind of gym bros that are really minimizing their carbohydrate.

And once you minimize your carbohydrate in order to increase your protein to less than about 25% of your calories, that's when it becomes really tricky to get enough fiber.

I have, without fail, a bag of garden peas in my freezer constantly.

And my kids will eat them, even boring, on their own with a knob of butter and a bit of salt.

But it's something I know that they'll eat.

And I love the fact that, again, what you've selected here is affordable and accessible because back to basics, I think, is the way to go.

No, absolutely not.

So firstly, they're cheaper.

So if you look at frozen peas, they're 10 times cheaper per 100 grams than the equivalent fresh peas.

Yeah, and sometimes they can even be better.

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