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The Epidemiology of Fiber and Colorectal Cancer

Why Don’t the Analytical Epidemiologic Data Make Better Sense?

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Dietary Fiber

Abstract

David Kritchevsky has noted on a number of occasions that the first known dietary experiment is recorded in the book of Daniel (Chapter 1). In fact, the first dietary study was an apple-feeding experiment on the population of the whole world (Genesis). Unfortunately, the scientist involved was so preoccupied with rushing into print on its significance for moral fiber, he never did write up the consequences of ingestion of the dietary fiber.

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  1. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA

    John D. Potter

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  1. The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David Kritchevsky

  2. Astra Associates, Inc., McLean, Virginia, USA

    Charles Bonfield

  3. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    James W. Anderson

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Potter, J.D. (1990). The Epidemiology of Fiber and Colorectal Cancer. In: Kritchevsky, D., Bonfield, C., Anderson, J.W. (eds) Dietary Fiber. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0519-4_32

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