Diverticulitis Risk

by British Medical Journal edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Maintaining a healthy lifestyle—specifically, a diet rich in fiber but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not smoking, and sticking to a normal weight—is linked to a significantly lower risk of diverticulitis, finds a large long-term study, published online in the journal Gut. […]

TOPLINE: Women who consumed nuts, seeds, or corn had no increased risk for diverticulitis, contrary to historical data suggesting these foods may trigger the condition. METHODOLOGY: Although prior research has challenged the historical assumption that intake of nuts, seeds, and corn precipitates diverticulitis, it was conducted exclusively in men and did not control for overall