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It has been accepted during a lot of time that a high diet in fiber is a “good habit” and it protects against the colon cancer. However, have been had a rain of extensive studies published in noted journals that have not supported this appreciation. The actions and interactions of the diet and the intestine are complex and we should be cautious of the simplistic theories. Recent studies have demonstrated that now it is time of adopting a mind more open to considering the benefits or not of the dietary fiber. There is still a great necessity of research basic, to discern the effects and actions of the fiber in our organism. The contradictory results are owed partly to the complexity of the fiber, to the sociodemographics factors studied, to ethnic and genetic differences.
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