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Due to numerous bowel obstuctions, i was advised to alter my eating habits. will lack of fiberous foods raise my bad cholesterol?
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Probably nothing: The public hoola about dietary fiber being the key to managing cholesterol sells breakfast cereal. Studies are widely divergent, and dietary fiber is anything but the key to health. A high-roughage diet might cost you your life. Watch you coronary risk factors otherwise, and don't focus on lab tests -- I'd urge you to focus on fitness and stop fretting about labwork.
Answered 2/5/2015
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