The complications of diverticulosis cause considerable morbidity in the United States; health care expenditures for this disorder are estimated to be $2.5 billion per year. Many physicians and patients believe that a high-fiber diet and frequent bowel movements prevent the development of diverticulosis....
found that consuming adiethigh in fiber raised, rather than lowered, the risk of developing diverticulosis. The findings also counter the commonly-held belief that constipation increases a person's risk of the disease.
Diets rich in fiber and low in fat are in modern times recommended to be medically useful for subnormal mammalian conditions of different etiologies. For instance, they counter the harmful effects of fiber-deficient diets responsible for constipation, diverticulosis or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). ...
High-fiber diets do not protect against asymptomatic diverticulosisAnne PeeryNews
Fiber deficiency is usually chief culprit in diverticulosisDr. Paul DonohuePaul G. Donohue (STANDARD)