9/03/2019

PARENTS' HEALTH : MORE FRUIT & CEREAL FIBER


MORE fruit and cereal fiber tied to less risk of common bowel disease.

Women and girls who get more fiber from fruits and cereals may be less likely to develop  diverticulitis, a common and very painful bowel problem, though vegetable sources of fiber don' t  make much difference, a US study suggests.

A low fiber diet has long been linked to an increased risk of diverticulitis, which occurs when small pockets or bulges lining the intestines below become inflamed.

But research to date hasn't offered a clear picture of whether some forms of fiber might be better than others for minimizing the risk, researchers note in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

For the current study, researchers followed 50,019 women who were 43 to 70 years old at the outset, and didn't have a history of  diverticulitis, cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.

Over 24 years, 4,343 women developed diverticulitis. [Agencies]

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