Dr. Burkitt observed a low incidence of diverticulosis in Tanzania, where people consumed a high-fiber diet, leading to the hypothesis that fiber prevents diverticulosis.

“he saw that the incidence of diverticulosis was very low in Tanzania compared to the westernized world diverticulosis is a condition whereby the submucosal layers of the colon move through the mucosal layers to make these diverticula these sort of pouches”