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Millions of Americans who suffer from the uncomfortable intestinal disorder diverticulosis - more than half of the population will develop it in older age - have been told for decades to avoid eating popcorn, nuts, and that all-American favorite, corn on the cob, because those foods may compound the disorder. But a new study released this week suggests that these foods may not increase diverticulosis risk, and that in fact people who eat lots of nuts and popcorn have lower rates of the disease than others...
...Lisa L. Strate, a gastroenterologist at the University of Washington, note that despite a lack of firm evidence, the conventional dietetic wisdom has prevailed among many physicians. In a recent survey as many of 47% of colorectal surgeons agreed that their patients should avoid nuts and popcorn. But Strate says the notion that these "abrasive foods" exacerbate diverticulosis is simply "an evolved theory" founded on a belief that nuts and seeds can lodge in the diverticula, the pouches or bulges that form in weak parts of the colon wall, and give the disease its name...
Among the study participants, 27% reported eating nuts twice a week or more, the highest intake group; 15% ate popcorn or corn at least twice a week. Researchers expected to see more cases of diverticulitis among people who ate the dubious foods more often. They found just the opposite: men with the highest intake of nuts had a 20% lower risk of diverticulitis than men with the lowest intake, consuming them less than once a month. There were 133 cases of diverticulitis among the 12,928 men who ate nuts at least two times a week, versus 199 cases among...
Strate says it's conceivable that eating nuts may help prevent the development of diverticulitis. Nuts are rich in minerals like zinc and magnesium, which are known to contribute to a healthy colon, and they have anti-inflammatory properties. Likewise, popcorn contains lutein, a micronutrient that also has anti-inflammatory characteristics. Though many nutrition experts encourage consumption of nuts and seeds today, when the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study began in 1984, they weren't exactly considered a health food...
...Christmas, and Ray Eddy's husband has absconded with the money she was saving for her dream home - a double-wide trailer that seems like a mansion to her. She has a part-time job in a convenience store, the salary from which barely keeps her two kids in popcorn and orange drink, which is all they have for food. And that says nothing about her environment. She lives close to a casinoless Mohawk Indian reservation, near the Canadian border in upstate New York, where the snow is perpetual and the temperature always sub-zero...