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This week\u2019s note comes from my most prolific paper finder \u2013 Dr Peter Brukner from Australia. I don\u2019t manage to do all the papers that Peter sends through, but they\u2019re usually varied and interesting, so I try to cover as many as possible. This one is on a classic topic, which keeps coming up \u2013 fibre \u2013 or fiber, as it\u2019s spelled in the US. <\/p>\n

The paper was published in the BMJ in July 2022 and it was called \u201cFibre intake for <\/em>optimal health: how can healthcare professionals support people to reach dietary recommendations<\/em>?\u201d written by McKeown et al<\/em> (Ref 1). It was part of the BMJ SwissRe \u201cFood for Thought\u201d collaboration, which disappointed me, as I thought that this collaboration was focused on challenging the status quo, not indulging it (Ref 2). The title tells us the researchers\u2019 beliefs \u2013 there\u2019s an optimal intake of fibre; how can we ensure that people consume this?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been particularly outspoken about fibre. The main reasons for this are 1) the claims made about fibre are not evidence based and I don\u2019t like claims being presented as evidence based when they\u2019re not. 2) I think that fibre is being promoted as the only \u2018justification\u2019 left for pushing carbohydrates and 3) fibre health claims are made so often and so stridently that they need countering. I\u2019m by no means the only person countering them. However, collectively, our counters are tiny relative to the relentless fibre public relations campaign.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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