Western Avenue Medical Centre
Medical Center in Chester, Cheshire

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read moreApart from potatoes, all the foods listed in this group began life as a grain, such as wheat, rye, corn, rice or barley. Potatoes and grains are very healthy and filling; however, you can be even healthier if you choose unrefined versions of these foods over refined versions. Top tip If you decide to increase the amount of fibre you eat, try to drink more water too. Your body doesn't digest fibre, so you need the extra water to help it flow through your digestive system with ease. Refined carbohydrates refers to foods where machinery has been used to remove the high fibre bits (the bran and the germ) from the grain.