Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why.

[elleng]

'A diet of fiber-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, reduces the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and arthritis. Indeed, the evidence for fiber’s benefits extends beyond any particular ailment: Eating more fiber seems to lower people’s mortality rate, whatever the cause.

That’s why experts are always saying how good dietary fiber is for us. But while the benefits are clear, it’s not so clear why fiber is so great. “It’s an easy question to ask and a hard one to really answer,” said Fredrik Bäckhed, a biologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

He and other scientists are running experiments that are yielding some important new clues about fiber’s role in human health. Their research indicates that fiber doesn’t deliver many of its benefits directly to our bodies.

Instead, the fiber we eat feeds billions of bacteria in our guts. Keeping them happy means our intestines and immune systems remain in good working order.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html?

[Historic NY]

1. Fiber it helps control diverticulitis from flaring up too..

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Fascinating article!

So, a high fiber diet to promote overall good health?

That should be easy enough to accomplish.

Eat your vegetables!

[Nitram]

3. Makes a lot of sense. I'm looking forward to being able to manage our internal bacterial

ecosystem to maintain a healthy population of beneficial bacteria, and replenish it after we've had to take antibiotics.

[pansypoo53219]

4. bet chunky + less cooked better. HOT RAW CARROTS!

[mitch96]

5. Dr Birkett was a MD that touted fiber intake for many years

Good stuff about fiber...
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-burkitts-f-word-diet/

https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/traditional-diets/out-of-africa-what-dr-price-dr-burkitt-discovered-in-their-studies-of-sub-saharan-tribes/

“Many of the major and commonest diseases in modern Western culture are universally rare in third-world communities, were uncommon even in the United States until after World War I,” yet are now common in anyone following the Western lifestyle.” So, it’s not genetic; they’re lifestyle diseases, which means “they must be potentially preventable.”

So they might die of Beriberi,HIV/AIDS or malaria but not CVD,diabetes or cancer..

Eat your veggies!!

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[elmerh]

6. Good article

That's true, fiber-rich foods are very healthy