{
  "id": 13115436,
  "title": "Which is more filling, protein or fiber?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/which-is-more-filling-protein-or-fiber",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T12:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-protein-fiber.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Protein and dietary fiber both have the ability to promote feelings of fullness. However, direct evidence is insufficient to definitively establish which one is more filling. On average, Australian adults consume more protein than the recommended intake, but their fiber intake falls short of the recommended values. Increasing fiber from a variety of plant-based foods is likely to be more beneficial for most Australians than increasing protein intake.",
  "summary": "Protein has been everywhere lately. You may have seen food products promoting high protein content or reels online telling you how to boost your intake. One of the ways protein supports our health is by helping a meal fill us up (satiation) and keeping us feeling fuller for longer between meals (satiety). It does this by influencing our appetite hormones and other metabolic processes.",
  "key_points": [
    "Protein and fiber both promote fullness.",
    "Evidence insufficient to determine which is more filling.",
    "Increasing fiber likely more beneficial than protein for Aussies."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}