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High-Fiber Diet Keeps Intestinal Walls Intact

Nov 23, 2016 · 3 min
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A low-fiber diet causes fiber-eating microbes to dwindle, opening up real estate for mucus munchers that make the intestine more vulnerable to infection. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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