Boost Your Lung Health and Other Surprising Benefits of Eating More Fiber

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

Most people equate a high-fiber diet with digestive health. While it’s certainly useful for that purpose, this by no means gives the full picture of fiber’s health benefits.

One eye-opening report found, for instance, that if U.S. adults over the age of 55 with heart disease took psyllium dietary fiber daily, it could save nearly $4.4 billion a year in health care costs and more than $35 billion in cumulative health care costs between 2013 and 2020.1

Another study revealed that every 10-gram increase of fiber intake was associated with a 15 percent …read more

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