Fiber Fix Reduces Risk for THIS Terrifying Condition
Everyone knows that fiber is great for digestion.
But fiber can do MUCH more than reduce your risk of constipation or hemorrhoids.
Over the years, we’ve discovered fiber has other added benefits like lowering blood sugar, reducing heart disease risk, weight management, and more.
Today, I have another one to add to the list—and it’s a BIG one.
This time, increased fiber intake was found to reduce the risk of one of the scariest conditions out there… dementia.
Researchers tracked the fiber intake and health outcomes of people for 21 years.
They found that those with the greatest fiber intake had a 26 percent reduced risk of dementia compared to those with the lowest.
- The highest intake was defined as 18 to 65.3 grams of fiber daily.
- And the lowest intake was defined as 2.2 to 10.6 grams daily.
The current recommended daily allowance of fiber for adults over 50 is 21 grams daily for women and 30 grams for men.
So, you can see that the folks in the “highest intake” category simply ate what experts recommend.
However, this must be easier said than done since it’s estimated that 95 percent of Americans don’t get enough fiber.
Do your gut—and your whole body to boot—a favor and start eating fiber regularly.
An easy way to do this is to eat more nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains.
In other words, it’s what you should be eating regularly anyway.
P.S. Six more reasons to eat MORE fiber.
SOURCE:
Yamagishi K, Maruyama K, Ikeda A, Nagao M, Noda H, Umesawa M, Hayama-Terada M, Muraki I, Okada C, Tanaka M, Kishida R, Kihara T, Ohira T, Imano H, Brunner EJ, Sankai T, Okada T, Tanigawa T, Kitamura A, Kiyama M, Iso H. Dietary fiber intake and risk of incident disabling dementia: the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study. Nutr Neurosci. 2023 Feb;26(2):148-155.
