{"id":9883,"date":"2026-05-31T04:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:59:00","slug":"beware-the-fibre-gap-almost-all-britons-diets-contain-dangerous-lack-of-key-nutrient-that-combats-bowel-cancer-and-cardiovascular-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=9883","title":{"rendered":"Beware the ‘fibre gap’: Almost all Britons’ diets contain ‘dangerous’ lack of key nutrient that combats bowel cancer and cardiovascular disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By LUKE CHAFER, HEALTH REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Nine out of ten Britons don’t know they are missing out on a key nutrient that can combat bowel cancer<\/a> and cardiovascular disease, a survey revealed.<\/p>\n

The research by gut health company ZOE quizzed 2,000 people and exposed what it termed a ‘dangerous fibre-gap’.<\/p>\n

The survey from ZOE also revealed that fewer than one in four people correctly identified an unhealthy diet as being the leading cause of preventable deaths.<\/p>\n

Under NHS<\/a> guidance, adults should eat at least 30g of fibre a day. But only 5 per cent of adults meet that recommendation, with the average person consuming just over half that amount.<\/p>\n

High-fibre diets are associated with a 15 to 30 per cent reduction in the risks of premature death, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its health benefits are confirmed by a review commissioned by the\u00a0World Health Organisation<\/a> and published in The Lancet.<\/p>\n

The charity Bowel Cancer UK says a lack of fibre \u2013 the indigestible parts of plants that help digestion \u2013 is behind an alarming 28 per cent of all bowel cancer cases in the UK.<\/p>\n

Professor Tim Spector, scientific co-founder of ZOE, said: ‘The findings of this survey are a wake-up call for a nation trapped in a broken food system.<\/p>\n

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Nine out of ten Britons don’t know they are missing out on a key nutrient that can combat bowel cancer and cardiovascular disease, a survey revealed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘We are facing a dangerous ‘fibre-gap’ that is fuelling chronic illness, yet the public is being left to navigate a confusing, ultra-processed environment.<\/p>\n

‘It is staggering that despite poor diet overtaking smoking as the leading cause of preventable death, fewer than a quarter of adults recognise the danger on their plates.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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