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Eat more fibre and you just may live longer.
That's the message from the largest study of its kind to find a link between high-fibre diets and lower risks of death not only from heart disease, but from infectious and respiratory illnesses as well.
The government study also ties fibre with a lower risk of cancer deaths in men, but not women, possibly because men are more likely to die from cancers related to diet, like cancers of the esophagus. And it finds the overall benefit to be strongest for diets high in fibre from grains.
Most Americans aren't getting enough roughage in their diets. The average American eats only about 15g of fibre each day, much less than the current daily recommendation of 25g for women and 38g for men, or 14g per 1,000 calories. For example, a slice of whole wheat bread contains 2 to 4g of fibre.
In the new study, the people who met the guidelines were less likely to die during a nine-year follow-up period. The men and women who ate the highest amount of fibre were 22 per cent less likely to die from any cause compared to those who ate the lowest amount, said lead author Dr Yikyung Park of the National Cancer Institute.
The study, appearing in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine, included more than 388,000 adults, ages 50 to 71, who participated in a diet and health study conducted by the National Institutes of Health and AARP.
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