Eat Fiber for Better Health Eating an abundance of dietary fiber
may lower the risk of an early death by as much as 22% Affirming
existing evidence that eating foods rich in fiber contributes to
better health, including heart health, a new study in the
Archives of Internal Medicine reports that eating an abundance
of dietary fiber may lower the risk of an early death by as much
as 22%. High fiber, high health gains In this study, researchers
looked at the role of dietary fiber and risk of early death
among 219,123 men and 168,999 women enrolled in the National
Institutes of Health AARP Diet and Health Study. Researchers
reviewed food questionnaires that participants had filled out
assessing the amount of fiber they ate and followed them for
nine years. - Men and women who ate the most fiber (26 to 29
grams per day) had a 22% lower risk of death from any cause
compared with men and women who ate the least. - Specifically,
eating an abundance of fiber also decreased the risk of death
from cardiovascular, infect