XXX - Bran biscuits vs Ispaghula husk / Psyllium & Diverticular disease

Fifty-eight patients with uncomplicated diverticular disease of the colon took bran crispbread, ispaghula drink, and placebo for four months each in a randomised, cross-over, double-blind controlled trial
Ornstein et al. 1981 Br Med J 282: 1353-6

It is concluded that dietary fibre supplements in the commonly used doses do no more than relieve constipation. Perhaps the impression that fibre helps diverticular disease is simply a manifestation of Western civilisation's obsession with the need for regular frequent defecation
Ornstein et al. 1981 Br Med J 282: 1353-6
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