Hacker News Reader

See my other comment:

Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction - World Journal of Gastroenterology https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm

View on HN

The conclusions drawn on colorectal cancer here are in direct contradiction with many other studies, before and since. Of course fibre-loading a chronically constipated IBS patient is a stupid thing to do, but seriously, "fibre is protective against CRC" is not a controversial statement.

Eg, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

Reply on news.ycombinator.com