The job of fiber in the digestive tract is to create better colon hygiene. Fiber helps keep plaque from building up along the intestinal walls and facilitates moving debris through the system - maintaining regularity. Research shows that a diet high in fiber protects against heart disease and prevents fermentation in the digestive tract. Fermentation contributes to bloating and the growth of candida - a detrimental type of yeast overgrowth that becomes systemic. Today's doctors are trained to look for serious diseases in the intestinal tract such as infectious colitis, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel syndrome, cancer, etc.
Few doctors consider the problems of candida and parasites.
These two problems go undetected and undiagnosed every day. Yet, the prevention of these two problems could prevent further complications down the road. The average person over 40 has anywhere between 5 and 25 pounds of build-up in their colon. Parasites of all sizes thrive in this residue of fecal matter, slowly but surely toxifying the whole body. Jensen, Ph.D., author and nutritionist As we grow older, we risk suffering greater and greater buildup of chemical contamination in our bodies, as well.