Author Interviews, BMJ, Heart Disease, Nutrition / 02.05.2014
Post MI: Increasing Dietary Fiber Decreased Mortality
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Shanshan Li, Doctoral candidate
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115, USA
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Answer: This is the first study to show that greater intake of dietary fiber,
especially cereal fiber, was inversely associated with all-cause
mortality. Participants increased their average dietary fiber intake
after myocardial infarction (MI), and the greater the increase, the lower was the risk of
subsequent all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Overall, the
benefits for increased fiber intake were strongest for fiber from
cereal and grain sources.
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