Health benefits of dietary fiber.

@article{Anderson2009HealthBO,
  title={Health benefits of dietary fiber.},
  author={James W. Anderson and Pat Baird and Richard Harding Davis and Stefanie P. Ferreri and Mary Knudtson and Ashraf Koraym and Valerie Waters and Christine L. Williams},
  journal={Nutrition reviews},
  year={2009},
  volume={67 4},
  pages={
          188-205
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:11762029}
}
Dietary fiber intake benefits a number of gastrointestinal disorders including the following: gastroesophageal reflux disease, duodenal ulcer, diverticulitis, constipation, and hemorrhoids.
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