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Dietary fibre for the prevention of recurrent colorectal adenomas and carcinomas

“…The authors also noted a positive association between several healthy lifestyle changes and increased consumption of fibre, fruits and vegetables. Other large observational studies, however, have reported that dietary fibre and consumption of fruits and vegetables were not associated with a reduced risk of CRC (Fuchs 1999;Michels 2000). Two American cohort studies, the Nurses Health Study, that followed 88,757 women, and the Health Professionals' Follow-up Study, that followed 47,325 men for 16 and 10 years respectively, found that CRC risk was una ected by the intake of dietary fibre, fruits and vegetables.…”