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Large fiber study: The risk of death decreases by up to 30 percent if you eat around 29 grams a day

2023-01-17T08:10:35.647Z


Do you love white bread? Switching to whole grain products is worth it. Because, as researchers found out, you can extend your life thanks to a high-fiber diet.


Do you love white bread?

Switching to whole grain products is worth it.

Because, as researchers found out, you can extend your life thanks to a high-fiber diet.

Diet and exercise: the two most important factors with regard to a healthy life.

Anyone who eats a balanced diet and also moves as often as possible reduces their risk of illness enormously.

Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer: All of these are diseases that can be prevented through a healthy lifestyle.

Professor Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz, Dean and Ordinaria at the Chair for Preventive Paediatrics, Faculty for Sports and Health Sciences at the Technical University of Munich goes even further: “A healthy lifestyle could prevent 40 percent of all cancers.

Physical inactivity, obesity, unhealthy diet, stimulants and protection from UV radiation are risk factors for cancer that can be influenced.

These need to be reduced in primary prevention,

Unhealthy eating encompasses many aspects.

Anyone who eats sweets, alcohol and ready meals every day and rarely uses vegetables, whole grain products and other healthy sources of energy is not doing their body any good.

Fiber in particular is the key to a healthy and long life, as New Zealand researchers found out.

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Whole grain products contain a relatively large amount of dietary fiber.

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Longer life with fiber

The research team led by Andrew Reynolds from the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago in New Zealand had investigated how fiber consumption affects people's health.

To do this, the researchers analyzed 185 publications on prospective observational studies and 58 clinical studies.

The observation period of the prospective studies totaled 135 million person-years, and more than 4,600 people took part in the clinical studies, according to the Ärztezeitung.

Only studies were considered whose participants did not suffer from chronic diseases.

From their study, the authors concluded that you can extend your life by consuming fiber.

"Observational data suggest a 15-30 percent reduction in all-cause and cardiovascular-related mortality, as well as the incidence of coronary artery disease, stroke incidence and mortality, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer, when comparing the highest fiber consumers to the lowest ' write the scientists.

At least 25 to 29 grams of fiber daily: According to the researchers, this amount corresponds to an optimal daily dose.

According to the researchers, people who eat less show higher body weight, higher systolic blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels.

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Rare diabetes and breast cancer due to increased fiber consumption

“The risk reduction across a range of critical outcomes was greatest when daily fiber intake was between 25 and 29 grams.

Dose-response curves suggest that higher fiber intake may provide even greater benefit in protecting against cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and colon and breast cancer.

Similar results were observed for the intake of whole grains," the study authors said.

You can find out here which two simple diet rules you can use to consume more fiber and thus reduce your risk of colon cancer.

A great side effect of a high-fiber diet: It prevents food cravings because it stabilizes the blood sugar level and does not allow it to drop too quickly.

If you want to lose weight, you should therefore eat a lot of high-fiber foods such as whole grain products, vegetables, fruit, beans, lentils and other legumes.

This article only contains general information on the respective health topic and is therefore not intended for self-diagnosis, treatment or medication.

In no way does it replace a visit to the doctor.

Unfortunately, our editors are not allowed to answer individual questions about clinical pictures.

List of rubrics: © Eva Gruendemann/Imago

Source: merkur

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