Healthy High Fiber Chocolate Chip Cookies

Trying to get more fiber in your diet? These Healthy High Fiber Cookies with chocolate chips are packed full of fiber and are gluten-free and vegan too! 

I am someone who believes whole-heartedly in the mind-body connection. When I’m feeling stressed, I immediately feel it in my digestive system. And when things aren’t moving properly down there, I can feel myself get anxious and irritable. If there’s anything that I make a priority for my health, it’s reducing my stress-levels and keep my gut health in check.

Put simply, caring for your health is a holistic thing covering both your mind and your body.

This job isn’t always easy, and the last thing you want is for it to become a full-time job, which is why healthy hacks that make caring for your health part of your lifestyle, are what I’m all about.

Whether it be my five-minute meditation app or sprinkling some Metacucil on my smoothie bowl, if it simplifies my life and makes me feel my best, I’m all for it.

Curious what I eat to take care of my gut health? Come along as I show you what I eat in a today, including these High Fiber Chocolate Chip Cookies!

But I’m also learning that health requires baby steps. Whereas putting a boat load of spinach into my breakfast smoothie is totally normal for me, it may seem completely whacky to someone else.

Sometimes it requires being a little bit sneaky…

Which is why I created these High Fiber Cookies! You mean you can have your chocolate and fibre too? Yes, yes you can!

If you want to care for your digestive health, it really comes down to one thing, fibre. A healthy diet includeS 25-38 grams of fibre a day. The average Canadian only gets 14 grams! Without enough fibre, your digestive system will not function properly and may lead to problems like constipation or diarrhea. Yup, I’m going there.

One of the best sources of fibre is from psyllium husks, which when combined with water or another liquid, swells and produces more bulk, stimulating the intestines to contract and helps speed up the passage of stool through the digestive tract. It also helps the other way too because it’s high absorption of water slows things down if you’re having some trouble with diarrhea.

My go-to for fibre has always been Metamucil. It is the only fibre supplement made with 100% naturally-sourced psyllium fibre.  It comes in a bunch of different flavors, but my favorite is the original so that I can sneak it into things without it affecting the flavor.

One thing to also note is that psyllium actually makes a great egg-replacement. So not only does it add more fibre to these cookies, but it also makes them vegan!

So if you’re one of those people who struggles with getting in enough fibre, or have kiddos who fight you tooth-and-nail on getting in those veggies, these High Fiber Cookies are your answer. And if you don’t struggle with getting in enough fibre at least you get some delicious cookies with the added bonus of having great poop! Yup…still going there.

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Disclaimer: I created this post as a paid ambassador for Metamucil®. All opinions and advice are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that help make THM possible!

What’s your favorite way to get in fibre? Have you ever snuck something into baked goods?