Author Topic: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?  (Read 1172 times)

Online el cogollero

  • Captain
  • ***
  • Posts: 563
  • Karma: 16
    • View Profile

Offline Jean

  • Major
  • ***
  • Posts: 780
  • Karma: 47
    • View Profile
Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 01:11:16 AM »
Comparing whole grains with refined grains doesn't tell us anything about what happens when we eat no grains at all.

Offline TallDog

  • Private
  • *
  • Posts: 10
  • Karma: 2
    • View Profile
Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 01:37:37 PM »
Fiber is simply undigestible carbohydrates, and they are found in all kinds of plants, not just grains.

Plenty of fruits and vegetables, like apples, pears, bananas, peppers, spinach, & pumpkin, are high in fiber. And, there is no reason to presume that the fiber in grain is in any way superior to the fiber in fruit and vegetables.

An apple has 3g of fiber.
A cup of multi-grain cheerios has 3g of fiber.

Which is really the better choice?


Online Warren Dew

  • Global Moderator
  • General
  • ****
  • Posts: 4564
  • Karma: 333
    • View Profile
Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 11:55:52 PM »
Any thoughts?

Correlation is not causation.

Offline TallDog

  • Private
  • *
  • Posts: 10
  • Karma: 2
    • View Profile
Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2012, 07:28:32 AM »
I believe the connection between fiber and the health claims made for it are tenuous at best.

Offline Xon

  • Sergeant
  • **
  • Posts: 113
  • Karma: 4
    • View Profile
Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2012, 02:49:50 PM »
I'm just going to leave this here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RXvBveht0

Offline Bonker

  • Private
  • *
  • Posts: 20
  • Karma: 0
    • View Profile
Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2012, 10:26:34 PM »
I'm just going to leave this here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RXvBveht0
Thank you! I watched it and I've moved on to Fat Head. Good stuff!

CAVEMANforum - The most popular Paleo diet and caveman exercise discussion site

Re: Fibre and whole grains reduce bowel cancer?
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2012, 10:26:34 PM »