More Fiber, Longer Life!

jessmsu81

Just saw this on the Associated Press wires at work... thought I'd share it with the MFP community!

CHICAGO (AP) - Eat more fiber and you just may live longer.
That's the message from a new government study. It finds a link
between high-fiber diets and lower risks of death - not only from
heart disease but from infectious and respiratory illnesses as
well.
The average American eats only about 15 grams of fiber each day.
That's much less than the current daily recommendation of 25 grams
for women and 38 grams for men.
In the new study, the people who met the guidelines were less
likely to die during a nine-year follow-up period than people who
ate the least amount of roughage.
The research appears in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Online:
Dietary guidelines: http://www.dietaryguidelines.gov
Archives: http://www.archinternmed.com

jamie78

Yes I have read that too. Me and my husband have been doing this for a while and we both feel better. He has high cholesterol and it is also suppose to help lower that too!

cheangela

Careful of all those "fake fiber" sources. There are plenty of cereals, breads, crackers that boast of high fiber from processed sources that aren't digested easily by our delicate systems. Go natural, live longer!

Tomhusker

I just started taking a fiber supplement. I wonder, though, if the folks lived longer because of the fiber or the fact that they were just eating more veggies?

BigBoneSista

Just be careful when adding more fiber. It should be done gradually because it will cause constipation if done too quickly.