Dietary fibre Colorectal cancer

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Dietary fibre is a beneficial material for constipation, gastric and duodenal ulcers, haemorrhoids, rectum and colon (colorectal) cancer, commonly known as bowel cancer, and other diseases. Eating foods high in fibre is recommended for the modulation of glucose levels in blood serum and in some forms of diabetes (especially type 2 diabetes). This also has the effect of reducing serum cholesterol level, and can thus help to prevent cardiovascular diseases. The effect is explained by the reduced absorption of cholesterol from viscous foods and by cholesterol binding to fibre. 

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