LAXATIVE EFFECTS OF WHEAT BRAN AND "WASHED BRAN" IN HEALTHY MEN

摘要: The importance of ingestion a reasonable amount food "roughage" for the maintenance satisfactory intestinal motility is widely appreciated. It quite generally recognized that wheat bran contains relatively large indigestible material, notably cellulose. Knowledge these facts has resulted in considerable use by human beings as source roughage. Extreme views regarding such have been expressed literature. Kellogg1is one those who attribute numerous ills to constipation and therefore advocate amounts various sources "indigestible residue," including bran, corrective preventive measure. Alvarez2has challenged this view, and, evidence his position, cited results questionnaire circulated among physicians concerning therapeutic bran. may be questioned whether method approach problem Alvarez employed