The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Fiber(empirical.health)
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Fiber
https://www.empirical.health/blog/dietary-fiber-reduces-all-cause-morality/
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A recent meta-analysis showed fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%. Surprisingly enough, this isn't just due to the effect on cardiovascular disease via cholesterol -- fiber actually reduced risk of cancer by 22%.
Was this just for soluble fiber or all types of fiber?
Soluble for heart disease, insoluble for cancer!
We always talk about the Mediterranean diet as being one of the best for reducing mortality - interestingly a typical Mediterranean diet would have approximately "14g of vegetable fiber for every 1,000 kcal per day, which is more than double what is consumed every day in many industrialized countries" (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7190876/). Aside from its healthy fats, omega 3s, etc. there may be a big role here for the fiber in this dietary approach.