What You Need to Know About Fiber and Cancer Risk

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |

<p>Feeling constipated? You may have&#160;not be getting enough fiber in your diet.&#160;&#160; Fiber-rich diets are a key&#160;component&#160;to preventing and reducing constipation&#160;and&#160;can help you&#160;maintain&#160;a healthy&#160;gut. Dietary fiber offers many health benefits from reducing chronic diseases like diabetes&#160;to&#160;lowering&#160;your&#160;risk&#160;of some&#160;types of cancer, such as&#160;colorectal&#160;cancer.&#160; Fiber is an undigested nutrient that passes through the body when you consume fruits, ... <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2026/01/fiber-and-cancer-risk/" title="What…

Topics: colorectal-cancer, cervical-cancer