ReviewJournal of chiropractic medicine2020
Effectiveness of Fiber Supplementation for Constipation, Weight Loss, and Supporting Gastrointestinal Function: A Narrative Review of Meta-Analyses.
Review in Journal of chiropractic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Depression and lifestyle: Focusing on nutrition, exercise, and their possible relevance to molecular mechanisms.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary fiber in pediatric gastrointestinal health: a narrative review of evidence and challenges.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2026Review
- Nutritional knowledge, fiber intake, body mass index, and sex associated with constipation symptoms in Peruvian adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A comparative study of proximate compositions, phytochemical constituents, and anti-nutritional contents of pulps and seeds ofHeliyon · 2025Article
- Dietary Fiber's Physicochemical Properties and Gut Bacterial Dysbiosis Determine Fiber Metabolism in the Gut.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Review
- Perspective: Assessing Tolerance to Nondigestible Carbohydrate Consumption.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Dietary Fibre Intervention for Gut Microbiota, Sleep, and Mental Health in Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Effects of Ball Milling Combined With Cellulase Treatment on Physicochemical Properties andFrontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this narrative review is to determine whether published meta-analyses support the use of fiber supplementation in the treatment of constipation, weight loss, and dietary support for gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease.
methodsA PubMed search from January 1, 1980, to July 31, 2019, was conducted with the following search strategy: (fiber OR fibre) AND (meta-analysis OR systematic review) AND (constipation OR body weight OR obesity OR irritable bowel syndrome OR inflammatory bowel disease). Meta-analyses that provided quantitative statistical analysis with a measured effect size were retrieved and accepted into this review. The following was extracted and entered into an Excel spreadsheet: number of publications included in the meta-analysis, number of total participants, fiber type and daily dose, pooled treatment effects for clinical endpoints, or summary relative risks.
resultsEighteen meta-analyses support dietary fiber supplementation for patients with constipation, weight loss, and IBS, but the significant heterogeneity and publication bias undermine the support for using dietary fiber supplementation in these conditions.
conclusionThis narrative review of meta-analyses finds some benefits for recommending fiber supplementation to patients with constipation, obesity, and IBS, but significant heterogeneity and publication bias undermine this support.
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