Dietary Fiber Intake reduces mortality?
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Dietary Fiber Intake and Mortality Reduction?
Dietary fiber has long been hypothesized to reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity as well as certain types of cancer. However, a new study highlights the health-benefits of dietary fiber on reducing mortality itself.
In terms of its definition, though dietary fiber is edible, it is resistant to digestion and absorption by your small intestine. Instead, these edible parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates are either completely or partially fermented in your large intestine.
Recently, a study was published in the journal, Archives of Internal Medicine, which included data from 219,123 men and 168,999 women (50-71 years of age) who responded to a questionnaire [1]. The study participants received follow up for a duration of 9 years during which time there were 20,126 deaths in men and 11,330 deaths in women who participated in the study.
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