Fiber is good for you because it helps prevent bowel cancer and it is an needed nutrient.
It also helps you to feel fuller for long which will make you less incline to snack
Diverticular disease
Yes, they are high fiber and low fat diets and do help with health.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/healthy-recipes/high-fiber/main.aspx offers plenty of high fiber recipes as well as other information for high fiber diets.
High-fiber diets and vitamins, avoiding obesity, and staying active lessen the risk
While there is no absolutely certain way to prevent the development of diverticula, it is believed that high-fiber diets are of help
Good choice of picking a high fiber diet. There are two main sites that are used for information about these diets. They provide information about what fiber does and then a typical diet that would be beneficial. Here they are: http://www.gicare.com/diets/high-fiber-diets.aspx. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-fiber-foods/NU00582
A high fiber diet will help curb your appetite to help loose weight. Foods high in fiber help give you that full feeling so you don't eat more. But a variety of healthy foods is also needed to help lose weight and keep the weight off.
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There are high fiber diets out that there that do work. There is a site called fiber35 that gives you information on high fiber diets along with recipes and a list of food that are high in fiber. Consdier asking your doctor before you continue to start a high fiber diet.
Fiber
There are specific diets for high cholesterol patients. Generally speaking, and in the most simple form, high fiber diets have shown to reduce bad cholesterol. Decrease fatty food (especially with trans fats) and increase fiber.
Herbivores should be fed high fiber diets, with relatively large volumes of roughage like hay. This is because herbivores have evolved to consistently eat plant material throughout the day; without the fiber in their diets, their digestive tracts become diseased and the animal can die.