OBJECTIVE We evaluated fiber intake during adolescence and early adulthood in relation to breast cancer (BC) risk in the Nurses' Health Study II. METHODS Among 90,534 premenopausal women who completed a dietary questionnaire in 1991, we documented 2833 invasive BC cases during 20 years of follow-up. In 1998, 44,263 of these women also completed a questionnaire about their diet during high sch...

Objective: Several diseases are reported to be uncommon in those parts of the world where dietary fiber intakes are high, therefore, in this study; we evaluated the hypocholesterolemiceffects of a dietary fiber (guar gum) in hypercholesteromic rats. Materials and Methods: Rats were fed high-fat or a normal fed diet for 12-week then treated with 5% guar gum in their regime during a 28 days peri...

introduction: ulcerative colitis (uc) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the colon of unknown cause that is associated with important nutrition deficiencies such as protein-energy malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. because no study has been carried out to date in iran, the aim of this pilot study was the assessment of dietary intake of these patients. methods: in this pilot stud...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evidence suggests that dietary fiber benefits patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, this conclusion requires further validation. In this study, we examined the effects of dietary fiber on kidney function, inflammation, indoxyl sulfate, nutritional status, and cardiovascular risk in patients with advanced CKD. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN We performed linea...

A lthough the evidence for a protective effect of high total dietary fiber intakes on diabetes appears to be strong (1), the role of food sources of dietary fiber in the etiology of impaired glucose disturbances is poorly understood (2). Epidemiological studies suggest that high intakes of whole grain foods (3,4) and vegetables (5–7) may prevent diabetes. On the other hand, the impact of consum...

A total number of thirty two males and females, 35 to 40 days old growing New Zealand White (NWZ) rabbits were performed to investigate the effect of feeding rabbits on 8 diets with grade levels 10, 13, 16 and 19% of crude fiber (CF) incorporated with or without some enzymes (Caplix commercial product for multienzymes) supplementation at the level of 0.5 ml / 1 litter water (as recommended by p...