Posted on 08/07/2023 8:33:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Higher consumption of dietary fiber was associated with a lower risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study.
Minzi Deng, Ph.D. and colleagues examined associations between dietary fiber intake and subsequent incidence of IBD, Crohn disease, and ulcerative colitis. The analysis included 470,669 participants from the U.K. Biobank.
The researchers found that during an average follow-up of 12.1 years, there was an inverse association between dietary fiber intake and risk for IBD (lowest versus highest quintile: hazard ratio, 0.74; 95% confidence interval, 0.58 to 0.93; P = 0.011) and Crohn's disease (hazard ratio, 0.48; 95% confidence interval, 0.32 to 0.72; P < 0.001). However, no association was seen with ulcerative colitis (hazard ratio, 0.92; 95% confidence interval, 0.69 to 1.24; P = 0.595). Dietary fiber intake from fruit and bread was associated with lower risk for Crohn disease, while dietary fiber intake from cereal decreased the risk for ulcerative colitis.
"Our findings support current recommendations to increase the intake of dietary fiber," the authors write.
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Someone tell me, is oatmeal now safe to eat or not?
Depends if it has weevils to add protein.
TMI - I could eat an entire pine tree (they are edible) and still be clogged up.
I just watched Mr. GG2 scarf down a large bowl of it and the dog finished it off. Everyone in our family gets the fiber. 😉
For me, eating half a cup of yogurt every day helps same as eating bran cereal, and lot less gas. Bran is very gassy coz it can not be digested in human gut. Only termites are good at digesting it.
In moderation, nothing is bad.
I know some people who consume fiber by the bale and are still constipated.
As an aside, there are some osmotic solutions (like lactulose syrup or polyethylene glycol--see Miralax) that fix the problem of constipation.
Only some forms of fiber are fermentable. Fermenting is what creates gas.
I suffered with Ulcerative Colitis after a lifetime of having a cast iron gut. I changed two things and it went into remission and has not returned.
1. I stopped drinking lightly filtered tap water and switched to heavily filtered water for everything I drink with water in it. I believe I personally developed a sensitivity to the chlorine or whatever the water treatment plant uses and it messed up my gut microbiome.
2. I all but gave up some of my favorite dairy products like ice cream and yogurt. One would think yogurt would be good with all the probiotics but not for me. I still eat cheese and once in a while I will have some soft serve ice cream at a restaurant.
Now this is what worked for me but I doubt it will work for everyone. Neither is an expensive thing to do so may be worth a try. It never hurts to have a good water filtering product as a backup prepper item too.
I’ve had UC for 29 years now. We have had filtered water for the last 7 years and I can’t say that it’s hurt or helped. I do eat some fiber-you’re “damned if you do and damned if you don’t”.
On the one hand, it helps keep things moving and lowers the risk (supposedly) of developing colon cancer, and on the other hand it can aggravate colitis.
I don’t consume a diet heavy in fiber, but I do eat some, unless the disease is really active.
I use the generic form of Benefiber from Walmart. The ‘Equate’ brand. Two tblspns with two tblspns of apple cider vinegar and a cup of filtered water. I used to take it in the morning but I’ve found it does the most good late in the day after my last meal. By morning it has done its job so I can do mine and usually not think about it for the rest of the day.
I also had to give up one other thing I like, nuts. All kinds of nuts so I now use some creamy peanut butter on flavored rice cakes or a simple PB and honey sandwich when I get that craving. I limit processed sugar foods. I think that’s an irritant as well. Actually I try to limit processed foods in general. It’s hard to do all the time since things like bread, tortillas, and other things do get processed to some extent and of course all canned goods have additives like sodium. I’ve been indulging in quite a bit of watermelon this summer too.
I’m not sure if it makes a difference with the UC but I also started riding a bicycle about a year ago every day for .5 to 1.5 hours. It’s both good exercise and meditative. I have the time since I’m retired. Having stronger leg muscles is a plus. It doesn’t help me lose weight but I think it helps me from gaining it.
It looks like you have a good system. My GI doc started me on Entyvio infusions about a month ago. Too early to tell if they’re working, but I feel ok, I went for a 5 mile walk today. In May of 2021 I had liver transplant surgery, was in the hospital for 5 days and doing good enough to send home at that time.
The Good Lord must not want me yet, I’m still here, still kicking and plan on doing so for some time. I am luckier than most, I think.
I wish you the best going forward. God and I know it isn’t easy sometimes.
Thanks, all the best to you as well. 😀👍
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