RT Book, Section
A1 Saunders, Katherine H.
A1 Igel, Leon I.
A1 Baron, Robert B.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166174924
T1 Diets that Supplement Nutrients
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166174924
RD 2022/05/22
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.