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Maintaining a healthy lifestyle—specifically, a diet rich in fiber but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not ...
You may not have heard of diverticulitis – unless you've suffered through a bout of it – but by the age of 50, you have a ...
Discover the importance of gut health, the causes of diverticular disease, and how to manage symptoms through diet and ...
Medically reviewed by Chika Anekwe, MD The foods to avoid with a diverticulitis flare include high fiber foods, such as beans, most fruits, cruciferous and raw vegetables, leafy greens, whole ...
A diet that’s rich in fibre offers various health benefits, from stabilizing glucose levels to reducing the risk of chronic ...
Historically, people with diverticular disease were told to avoid foods like nuts, seeds and popcorn out of fear that they might get stuck in the diverticula and cause inflammation.
Thankfully, small changes in diet and lifestyle can make a big difference and outdated advice is quickly being replaced by evidence based recommendations. Historically, people with diverticular ...
The reasons some people develop diverticular disease and others don't aren't fully understood. However, several factors have been identified as contributors, including the structure and movement of ...
Diverticulitis, which is thought to occur when a weakness in the bowel wall causes it to stretch and consequently form diverticula, is frequently the result of a low-fibre diet, ...