A landmark study from the United States has shattered more than forty years of conventional thinking about the causes of asymptomatic diverticulosis (AD).
Doctors have long believed a high-fibre diet reduced the risk of developing the condition since seminal research was published in the late 1960s. But the new paper, published in Gastroenterology, provides strong evidence that the opposite is true.
The cross-sectional study of over two thousand 30-80 year-olds found the quartile with the highest fibre intake had around 30% higher rates of the condition compared with the lowest.
Risk increased when calculated based on total fibre intake, fibre from grains, soluble and insoluble fibre.
Development of the condition – which affects roughly one-third of American adults aged over 60 and can cause...
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