HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: The dangers of a high fibre diet

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David Evans

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Tuesday, 27 April 2010

The dangers of a high fibre diet

Published in the Ann Rheum Dis 1998;57:641-642 doi:10.1136/ard.57.11.641

Dietary advice in systemic sclerosis: the dangers of a high fibre diet
A Gougha, T Sheeranb, P Baconc, P Emerya
aRheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University of Leeds, bCannock Chase Hospital, Stafford, cDepartment of Rheumatology, University of Birmingham

This paper can be accessed at: http://ard.bmj.com/content/57/11/641.full

Intake of dietary fibre caused patients with systemic sclerosis considerable abdominal pain and three required hospital admission.

The author advises, if patients with systemic sclerosis present with symptoms of constipation, any advice to increase dietary fibre should be used with caution and in general these patients should encouraged to go on a low fibre diet.

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