Dietary fiber and constipation

Are Concepts About Constipation and Dietary Fiber Changing?

Effect of dietary fiber on morphine-induced constipation in rats.

Morphine is used to alleviate chronic cancer pain. However, constipation is a major adverse effect that often detracts from the patient's quality of life. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of dietary fiber on morphine-induced constipation. Rats were fed on a normal diet or one containing either 10% or 20% apple fiber for two weeks before morphine was administered. In the control ...

Effect of dietary fiber on constipation: a meta analysis.

AIM To investigate the effect of dietary fiber intake on constipation by a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS We searched Ovid MEDLINE (from 1946 to October 2011), Cochrane Library (2011), PubMed for articles on dietary fiber intake and constipation using the terms: constipation, fiber, cellulose, plant extracts, cereals, bran, psyllium, or plantago. References of i...

[Constipation in infants: influence of type of feeding and dietary fiber intake].

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between breast-feeding, dietary fiber intake and constipation in infants. METHODS The study population consisted of 275 infants consecutively enrolled in two Primary Care Clinic in the city of Embu, in the Great São Paulo. The feeding pattern were classified in predominantly breast-feeding, partially breast and cow's milk feeding and artificial feeding. Con...

Dietary fiber intake, stool frequency and colonic transit time in chronic functional constipation in children.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate associations between fiber intake, colonic transit time and stool frequency. Thirty-eight patients aged 4 to 14 years were submitted to alimentary evaluation and to measurement of colonic transit time. The median fiber intake of the total sample was age + 10.3 g/day. Only 18.4% of the subjects presented a daily dietary fiber intake below the le...