What This Low FODMAP Fibre Is For
Natural Factors Low ReliefFibre is a low FODMAP fibre people take for regularity, for bloating, and for the awkward problem of eating a restricted diet and ending up short of fibre altogether. A 268 g tub, forty servings, stirred into a glass of water.
This product exists to solve a problem that catches people out. Most of the fibres sold for regularity are the very ones a low FODMAP diet asks you to avoid, so somebody following that diet carefully for their gut often ends up eating less fibre than before they started, and feeling worse for it. A fibre certified low FODMAP is the way out of that corner.
What Low FODMAP Actually Means
FODMAPs are a group of short-chain carbohydrates that pass through the small intestine largely unabsorbed and are fermented further down, drawing in water and producing gas as they go. In a sensitive gut that is what produces the bloating, the wind and the cramping.
Wheat, onions, garlic, beans, milk, several fruits and most of the common prebiotic fibres are high in them. A fibre carrying low FODMAP certification has been tested and found low enough to pass, which is the practical difference between this tub and a jar of ordinary fibre powder.
How This Low FODMAP Fibre Compares With a Prebiotic
The fibre here is partially hydrolysed, which means the long chains have been cut shorter so the powder dissolves clear and thin instead of thickening a drink into something hard to swallow. That is why it stirs into water rather than sitting on top of it.
Our Inulin powder is the direct contrast and the comparison worth making. Inulin is a fructan, which puts it firmly among the FODMAPs, so for a gut that reacts to them this is the one to choose and that is the one to leave on the shelf. For bacteria rather than fibre, the Nature’s Aid five-strain capsules are the simple daily option, and the NOW Gr8-Dophilus capsules combine bacteria with a fibre in one capsule.
How to Take It, and the Rule About Water
One scoop, about 6.7 g of powder giving 5 g of fibre, stirred into a full 250 ml glass of water. For a sensitive gut, one serving once or twice daily; for regularity, one or two servings a day, and two servings brings you to 10 g of fibre. Forty servings in a 268 g tub, so a tub runs between three weeks and six.
The water is the part people skip and it is the part that matters. Any concentrated fibre needs a full glass of liquid with it and plenty more through the day, because fibre swallowed with too little water is harder to swallow and sits heavily. Anyone with difficulty swallowing should take fibre powders only with our pharmacist’s advice, and please do ask us rather than working it out yourself.
Start Small. This Decides Whether You Keep Taking It
Begin on half a serving a day for the first week, then build up over two or three weeks. That is slower than the pack suggests and it is the right way round.
Wind, fullness and rumbling in the first week are the usual experience of adding any fibre to a diet that had little of it, and they settle as the gut adjusts. The people who abandon a tub of fibre are almost always the ones who began on a full dose twice a day. Give it three to four weeks at a steady amount before you decide whether it suits you, and drink more water than feels necessary throughout.
What We Are Permitted to Tell You
The health claims put forward for this particular fibre have been assessed and turned down, each one of them: changes in bowel function, relief of digestive discomfort, effects on gut bacteria and effects on fermentation in the bowel. So nobody may lawfully promise you that this product improves your regularity, eases bloating or feeds your gut bacteria, and we hold back from saying any of it.
What we give you instead is what the fibre is, why the low FODMAP certification matters, how much water it needs, how slowly to build up, and when the symptom you are treating deserves a doctor rather than a tub. One figure is worth asking our pharmacist for before you order: the right amount for a child. The published guidance gives one serving a day from eight years for a sensitive gut but starts at twelve for regularity, so we would rather set it with you than let you pick between the two.
Is This Low FODMAP Fibre Right for You?
Please talk to our pharmacist or our doctor before you start if any of these apply to you.
- Difficulty swallowing, or a narrowing anywhere in the gullet or bowel. Concentrated fibre powders are taken only on advice in that case, and never with too little liquid.
- Blood in your stool, weight you did not mean to lose, or a bowel habit that has changed and stayed changed. Please see our doctor first, particularly after fifty or with bowel cancer in the family. Irritable bowel syndrome is a diagnosis to be reached rather than assumed.
- Symptoms that wake you at night, or a fever alongside them. Those point away from a sensitive gut and towards something that needs examining.
- A child. Please let our pharmacist set the right amount with you. The guidance we hold gives two different starting ages, so we would rather check than guess.
- Diabetes, or medicines taken at fixed times. Soluble fibre can slow how quickly other things are absorbed, so ask our pharmacist how to space it from your tablets.
Where to Buy Natural Factors Low ReliefFibre in Kenya
Order online and we deliver countrywide, or collect from our pharmacy at Kahawa Sukari Shopping Center, Nairobi. We send orders to Nairobi and every neighbourhood around it — the CBD, Westlands, Parklands, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Runda, Rosslyn, Kitisuru, Lower Kabete, Lavington, Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Karen, Langata, South B, South C, Eastleigh, Buruburu, Donholm, Embakasi, Ngong Road, Kasarani, Roysambu, Zimmerman, Githurai, Ruaka, Banana Hill, Two Rivers, Village Market and Pride Lands — and across Kiambu, Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru and Ngong.
Beyond the capital we deliver to Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Machakos, Athi River, Kitengela, Kajiado, Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kisii, Migori, Homa Bay, Siaya, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Vihiga, Webuye, Kitale, Nandi Hills, Iten, Kapenguria, Embu, Meru, Chuka, Kerugoya, Murang’a, Othaya, Nyahururu, Nanyuki, Maralal, Isiolo, Marsabit, Moyale, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Lodwar, Kitui, Mwingi, Makueni, Emali, Kibwezi, Voi, Taveta, Wundanyi, Mariakani, Diani, Ukunda, Kilifi, Watamu, Malindi, Lamu and Hola. At one or two 5 g servings a day a pack runs for a known length of time, so tell us the pack size you want and we will work out how many months that covers before you order.
Across Africa, ask us before you order. We have sent orders to Uganda, Tanzania, Somaliland and as far as Malawi, and we will quote for Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the rest of the continent. Tell us the destination and we will confirm any import paperwork before the parcel leaves us.
Living abroad? Order from wherever you are and we deliver to your family here in Kenya. Kenyans in the UK, the United States, Canada, South Africa and the Gulf order from us regularly for parents and relatives at home. A daily fibre like this one taken steadily month after month does far more than a single pack, so tell us who it is for and how many months you want covered and we will set up the repeat.
Why Buy Your Natural Factors Low ReliefFibre from HealthAlone Kenya?
HealthAlone is a pharmacist-led health ecosystem licensed by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, and our stock is original, sealed and correctly stored. Kahawa Sukari is a real counter with real pharmacists behind it.
Our pharmacists will read the tub weight and the number of servings off the label with you, which on a 5 g serving is what decides the real cost, and will set the amount for a child from the carton rather than from guidance that disagrees with itself. Our doctor is here too if you would rather have the whole question looked at properly.
It is one more step in our vision: building Africa’s most trusted health ecosystem, accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Natural Factors Low ReliefFibre: Your Questions Answered
What is in this low FODMAP fibre?
Organic partially hydrolysed guar fibre, made from guar beans and certified low FODMAP. One scoop of about 6.7 g gives 5 g of fibre, stirred into a glass of water.
What does low FODMAP mean?
FODMAPs are short-chain carbohydrates that pass through the small intestine largely unabsorbed and ferment further down, drawing in water and producing gas. In a sensitive gut that is what causes the bloating and cramping. This fibre has been tested and certified low in them.
Why would I need a fibre supplement on a low FODMAP diet?
Because the diet removes wheat, onions, beans and most common fibre sources at once, so people following it carefully often end up eating less fibre than before and feeling worse. This is the way to add fibre back without adding FODMAPs.
How much water does it need?
A full 250 ml glass with each serving, and plenty more through the day. This is the instruction people skip and the one that matters most.
How much should I take?
One serving once or twice daily for most purposes. Begin on half a serving for the first week and build up over two or three weeks, which is slower than the pack suggests and far more likely to suit you.
How long before I notice anything?
Give it three to four weeks at a steady amount. Wind and rumbling in the first week are normal when fibre is added to a diet that had little, and they settle.
How big is the tub and how many servings does it hold?
A 268 g tub holding forty servings, each one scoop of about 6.7 g giving 5 g of fibre. At one a day that is a little under six weeks.
Can children take it?
For a sensitive gut, one serving a day from eight years. For regularity the published guidance starts at twelve instead, so please let our pharmacist set it with you rather than picking between the two.
Will it help my IBS?
We are not permitted to tell you that. The claims put forward for this fibre were assessed and turned down. What we would say is that irritable bowel syndrome is a diagnosis to be reached rather than assumed, so see our doctor first.
Is it a laxative?
It is a soluble fibre rather than a stimulant laxative, so it works gradually and with water rather than by prompting the bowel. If you need something to work today, come and talk to us instead.
Can I take it with my tablets?
Ask our pharmacist how to space them. Soluble fibre can slow how quickly other things are absorbed, and there is one group to be specific about: if you take anything that slows the bowel, such as an opioid painkiller or loperamide, speak to us before you start.
Is it suitable for vegans, and is it gluten-free?
It is a plant fibre from guar beans. Bring us the tub or ask before you order if you need a formal declaration, because we would rather read it off the label than assure you from memory.
Does it taste of anything?
It is designed to dissolve clear and thin in water without thickening the drink, which is the practical advantage of a partially hydrolysed fibre over a coarse one.
Where can I buy Natural Factors Low ReliefFibre in Kenya, and what does it cost?
From HealthAlone, online for delivery countrywide or over the counter at Kahawa Sukari Shopping Center, Nairobi. The current price is shown above. We deliver across Nairobi — the CBD, Westlands, Parklands, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Runda, Kitisuru, Lavington, Kilimani, Karen, Langata, South B, South C, Eastleigh, Kasarani, Roysambu, Githurai, Ruaka and Banana Hill — and to Kiambu, Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru, Ngong, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Machakos, Kitengela, Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Kisii, Migori, Homa Bay, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Kitale, Embu, Meru, Nanyuki, Nyahururu, Isiolo, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Lodwar, Kitui, Makueni, Voi, Taveta, Mariakani, Diani, Ukunda, Kilifi, Watamu, Malindi and Lamu. Outside Kenya we have delivered to Uganda, Tanzania, Somaliland and Malawi, and we quote for Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the rest of Africa on request. A 268 g tub holds forty servings, so tell us how long you want covered and we will work out how many tubs that is.
