date:Jan 27, 2016
Analyzing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, researchers report in The Relationship between Dietary Fiber Intake and Lung Function in NHANES, that among adults in the top quartile of fiber intake:
68.3 percent had normal lung function, compared to 50.1 percent in the bottom quartile.
14. 8 percent had airway restriction, compared to 29.8 percent in the bottom quartile.
In two important breathing tests, those with the highest fiber intake also performed significan