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High dietary ingestion of foods rich in fiber may help to ward off esophageal cancer and Barrett's esophagus.
Long-term consumption of a high-fiber diet may be beneficial in the prevention of coronary heart disease in women.
Fiber comes only from plant-based foods, as animal products have no fiber. Eating a diet high in fiber may help reduce high blood pressure in hypertensive patients, according to a study that appeared in the Journal of Hypertension in 2005. By analyzing the results of 25 randomized controlled trials, researchers from Tulane University Scho...