Fibre, Fermentation & the Gut with BBC Good Food

About the course:

On this five-week course, you’ll take a food-first journey towards understanding the role of fibre, probiotics, and prebiotics in gut health.

You’ll learn practical, gut-healthy techniques and how to easily include more gut-supportive ingredients in your diet.

What topics will you cover?

Fibre, fermentation & gut-health is a food-first course that explores key dietary trends that support a healthy gut. This course begins by exploring the basic types of fibre, how much fibre you really need and how to easily increase your daily fibre intake through food.

We’ll then explore why diversity matters when it comes to eating for gut health, as well practical applications for gut healthy cooking techniques such as fermentation, along with delicious recipe guidance and inspiration so that you can begin to integrate more gut supportive foods into your everyday diet.

You’ll also learn about:

• The different types of fibre and how much you really need daily
• Diversity and why it’s important for gut health
• Sources of prebiotics and how to include them in your diet
• Sources of probiotics and how to include them in your diet
• What fermentation is and how it can be beneficial
• Practical applications for gut healthy cooking techniques and fibre-rich recipe inspiration

Learning on this course:

You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Classify the different types of fibre and how much you really need daily

• Discuss diversity and why it's important for a healthy gut

• Identify sources of prebiotics and how to include them in your diet

• Identify sources of probiotics and how to include them in your diet

• Explore practical applications for gut healthy cooking techniques and fibre-rich recipe inspiration

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning about the relationship between diet and gut health.

Whether you’re a healthy eating enthusiast, looking for nutritious meals for the family, or you’re completely new to gut health diets, this course offers a practical guide.