Experts always urge us to eat more fiber-rich diet, but getting too many of good things can be bad. It’s always possible for us to have too much fiber intake. It is recommended that we get between 25 and 35 grams of dietary fiber each day. Unfortunately, many people never get half this much each…
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High-Fiber Diet May Reduce the Risk of Crohn’s Disease
Intake of dietary fiber could probably reduce the risk of Crohn’s disease; although this doesn’t affect ulcerative colitis. Researchers from Boston have analyzed data collected from 170,776 female participants, which equals to 3,317,425 person-years. Among them, 269 women had Crohn’s disease and 388 had ulcerative colitis. Individual with the highest median intake of dietary fiber,…