{"id":207785,"date":"2025-03-04T12:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/doctor-reveals-one-overlooked-nutrient-that-fights-cancer-heart-disease-and-diabetes"},"modified":"2025-03-04T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:03:24","slug":"doctor-reveals-one-overlooked-nutrient-that-fights-cancer-heart-disease-and-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/doctor-reveals-one-overlooked-nutrient-that-fights-cancer-heart-disease-and-diabetes","title":{"rendered":"Doctor reveals \u2018one overlooked nutrient\u2019 that fights cancer, heart disease and diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/doctor-reveals-one-overlooked-nutrient-that-fights-cancer-heart-disease-and-diabetes.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A dietitian has issued a warning that many people are lacking a crucial nutrient that can reduce the risks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/health\/doctors-debunk-warning-eating-two-656414?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" rel=\"follow nofollow\" target=\"_self\"> diabetes<\/a>, heart disease, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/cancer-cases-soaring-women-declining-916791?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" rel=\"follow nofollow\" target=\"_self\"> cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carrie Ruxton has provided insights on the recommended intake, its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/beyonces-go-breakfast-simple-low-860507?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> health benefits<\/a>, and how to include it in your diet. The medical specialist and advisor to the General Mills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/health\/doctor-says-should-eat-one-839719?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> fibe<\/a> r campaign stated that millions of people were \u201cmissing out on a vital nutrient which protects us against killer diseases simply because they don\u2019t understand what it does in the body.\u201d That\u2019s the finding of a report about fiber \u2014 often called roughage.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ruxton said that \u201cadults should eat 30 grams of fiber a day.\u201d But she added: \u201cIn reality, people are missing the target by a huge 10 g\/day, placing themselves at greater risk of the world\u2019s biggest killers \u2013 type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dietitian has issued a warning that many people are lacking a crucial nutrient that can reduce the risks of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Dr. Carrie Ruxton has provided insights on the recommended intake, its health benefits, and how to include it in your diet. The medical specialist and advisor to the General Mills [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}