These bananas are powerful fat-burners

Supplement your diet with fibre, say the researchers, could be key in helping individuals maintain a healthy weight despite a selection of choices from the food industry that can be difficult to navigate.

Scientists at the University of Calgary used rats to study the effects of fibre on the body's metabolism. In the study they found that rats consuming a fibre supplement evaded the pitfalls of a high fat and high sugar diet, gaining far less weight than expected.