TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Diets that Supplement Nutrients
A1  - Saunders, Katherine H.
A1  - Igel, Leon I.
A1  - Baron, Robert B.
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
PY  - 2020
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
AB  - Dietary  fiber  is  a  diverse  group  of  plant  constituents  that  is  resistant  to  digestion  by  the  human  digestive  tract.  Guidelines  suggest  that  men  should  eat  30–38  g/day  and  women  21–25  g/day.  Typical  US  diets,  however,  contain  about  half  of  that  amount.  Epidemiologic  evidence  has  suggested  that  populations  consuming  greater  quantities  of  fiber  have  a  lower  incidence  of  certain  gastrointestinal  disorders,  including  diverticulitis  and,  in  some  studies,  colon  cancer  and  a  lower  risk  of  cardiovascular  disease.  A  meta-analysis  of  22  studies  suggested  that  each  7  g  of  dietary  fiber  was  associated  with  a  9%  decrease  in  first  cardiovascular  event.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2022/05/22
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166174924
ER  -