Fiber is so incredibly important and much of our food in the West doesn’t have much of it. We see colon cancers and diverticulitis in people in their 30’s and even late 20’s nowadays. This wasn’t the case years ago and it’s not the case in Asian or African countries.

But we don’t think it’s genetic because we see diverticulitis in people from these parts of the world 10 years after moving to the West. It’s thought that these places consume more fiber by virtue of eating more roughage.

Fiber + hydration is so important. You need to keep the waste moving. If it’s slow and hard on the gut lining you end up sounding these tissues opening them to disease.