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The Risks of Diverticulitus to your Health

Diverticulitis-Diverticulosis--the Quiet Epidemic

"Diverticular [diverticulitis and diverticulosis] disease affects upwards of 50% of the population over the age of 60 years in Western countries and is becoming more common as the population ages. ...Studies related its occurrence to the use of low-fiber diets and the prolonged transit time and increased ...pressure associated with low-volume stools [a probable result of the low fiber diet.]

From: Advances Anat. Pathol., vol. 12, 2005.

By: Drs. Ye, Losada & West, Dept. of Pathology, N.Y.U., New York 10016