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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 31, 1149-1153, Copyright © 1978 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Effect of fiber from fruits and vegetables on metabolic responses of human subjects I. Bowel transit time, number of defecations, fecal weight, urinary excretions of energy and nitrogen and apparent digestibilities of energy, nitrogen, and fat

JL Kelsay, KM Behall and ES Prather

Twelve men 37 to 58 years of age consumed two diets for a period of 26 days each in a cross-over design. The high fiber diet contained fruits and vegetables and the lower fiber diet contained fruit and vegetable juices. Neither diet contained whole grain cereals or nuts. Some nutrients were added to the low fiber diet in order to make the diets equivalent insofar as possible in all respects except fiber. The inclusion of fruits and vegetables in the diet decreased bowel transit time, increased fecal weight, increased number of defecations, increased fecal excretions and decreased apparent digestibilities of energy, nitrogen, and fat. Six of the 12 subjects had diastolic blood pressure of 80 or more when consuming the low fiber diet. The diastolic blood pressures of these six men were significantly lower when the high fiber diet was consumed.


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