More fiber, fewer deaths
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
Fiber is an important part of what people should eat, and a look at data from a national study underlines it.
At the National Cancer Institute, Yikyung Park examined nine years of data on more than 388,000 men and women:
``Men and women who consumed the highest amount of dietary fiber were 22 percent less likely to die from any cause, compared to those who had the lowest amount of dietary fiber intake.'' (12 seconds)
Park says previous studies have reported a link between more fiber and less heart disease, but few have looked at fiber and death from any cause.
Park says the best amount was what the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends.
The study was in Archives of Internal Medicine.
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HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss.