According to a new research, increase in intake of fiber rich food helps in reducing risk of getting cardio vascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Researchers from the University of Leeds have reviewed the literature in healthy populations concerning dietary fiber intake and CVD risk, which was published since 1990.

They have analyzed data from six electronic databases. It has been reported that associates of data were used from the US, Europe, Japan and Australia. Researchers concluded their study on the intake on following fibers that are either insoluble or soluble and also on cereal, fruit, vegetable and other sources.

They resulted that the intake of total, insoluble, fruit and vegetable fiber have reduced the risk of getting CHD in comparison to that of CVD. Along with greater intake of fruit fiber helps in reducing risks of CVD than that of CHD. It has been reported that complete reduce in risk of getting CVD and CHD can be seen with additional intake of seven gm of fiber in a day.

People have been advised by researchers to increase the intake of fiber in their diet in order to live healthy lives. They said that this could `potentially impact on many thousands of individuals'.