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Originally Posted by rubicon
Diverticulitis like irritable bowel ,colitis etc are autoimmune illnesses and while diet may or may not help the main cause is the weaken of this system. To suggest that diet alone will control these diseases is misleading. I would submit that extraordinary stress does more harm than food
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Sorry, I disagree. In other cultures, where high fiber diets are the norm, the conditions of diverticulosis and diverticulitis are practically unknown.
Here's what hpppens to cause diverticulosis: A lack of fiber causes food to get packed tight in the intestines/colon. (You will know about this if you've ever been constipated because a lack of fiber will make it hard to pass a stool. The stool can feel hard like a rock. And you can get hemorrhoids from forcing yourself.) When the intestines/colon contract in an effort to move things along, they become "ruptured" (small hernias). In some people diverticulosis becomes inflammed and that's known as diverticulitis.
The small pouches or hernias are called "diverticula".
I never suggested that diet alone will control it. So I never mislead anyone. As a matter of fact, I suggested diet as prevention. My advice was to never get these conditions to begin with. If it's too late for some older people who already have it, they should warn their children and grandchildren. That way it can be prevented by forming good eating habits while they are still young.