Fiber may worsen constipation by promoting the overgrowth of methane-producing bacteria that can paralyze the gut's enteric nervous system. — Whalespan
Fiber may worsen constipation by promoting the overgrowth of methane-producing bacteria that can paralyze the gut's enteric nervous system.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“and in fact fiber may be associated with worsening diverticulosis and fiber is apparently and many people worsening constipation probably probably by creating overgrowth of the wrong type of bacteria which can produce methane which can be a paralytic to the gut enteric nervous system”
Verbal pushback — no audited source on record.
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