Too low in fibre

I didn’t rate this fibre lowly because of the effect, mostly because of the value. Fibre in the diet definitely makes a big difference (though start slow as it can cause an upset stomach when first increasing) and will change your life if you are low on fibre. The insane thing is the amount of fibre in these pills is totally negligible. The pills are quite big and you have to take 4 per day, just to get 2mg of fibre.

An adult person is recommended to get 25g (women) or 40g (men) of fibre a day. So even to get half your recommended for men, you would need to take 40 pills a day. Yes, they’re a supplement and not intended to give you large amounts of fibre, but it’s kind of crazy. For comparison, my fibre gummies (half the price per month) give 10g for four a day, or a fibre 1 brownie gives you 5g. So just enjoy a low calorie dessert and you can stop swallowing four pills a day.

The cost is also insane. For a 30 day supply it’s 23.99 (at time of writing), but for the amount of fibre you’re getting that price is very high. Per gram of fibre, they cost almost four times as much as my current, much more pleasant method.

For that reason, I really can’t recommend them. Of course, if you eat a lot of fibre and want a small supplementary amount, they’ll do, but I feel there are better options.

I love the taste of the Renew Life FibreSMART powdered fibre supplement. 1-2 scoop in 250ml water daily. The ingredients include flaxseed, acacia fibre and guar gum. I love that it is 50% soluable fibre and 50% insoluable fibre. I like the herbal ingredients to heal damage to the intestinal tract. At my age I need all the help I can get to help absorb toxins and cholesterol and increase elimination. #gotitfree from Renew Life Canada.