A low residue diet may not be beneficial for diverticular disease.
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A low residue diet typically contains less than 7 10 grams of fiber per day.
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A "'low residue diet "'is a stools while prolonging intestinal transit time.
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A Mayo Clinic review from 2011 finds no evidence for the superiority of low residue diets in treating diverticular disease and in fact tends to show that a high-fiber diet can prevent diverticular disease.