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This is a great bulking fibre blend with soothing properties for your tummy. [Photo: Neal's Yard Remedies]

Fibre blend

A very quick, tasty and easy to make food-based remedy.

This is a great bulking fibre blend with soothing properties to use if you’re prone to poor elimination, bowel irregularities or want to give your bowels a spring clean when detoxing.

Ingredients

• 50g chia seeds – A great source of natural fibre plus omega-3 for digestive health
• 25g psyllium husks – A bulking laxative that helps to improve peristalsis of the gut
• 5 tsp dried peppermint leaf – Calming for irritable digestion
• 5 tsp fennel seeds – Calms bloating and wind
• 5 tsp slippery elm powder – Soothing to irritable digestion

Method
1 Blitz all the above ingredients in the grinder attachment of your blender until it forms a fine powder (approximately 2 minutes).
2 Store in a clean, dry jar.

How to take
Mix one teaspoon with 250ml of cool water, stir well and drink immediately before it forms a gel.

Recipe © Neal’s Yard Remedies