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Fibra - Efectos secundarios

Nombres alternativos

Dieta y fibra; Alimento indigesto; Volumen

Efectos secundarios:

El consumo de grandes cantidades de fibra en un corto período de tiempo puede producir gases intestinales (flatulencia), distensión y cólicos abdominales, los cuales generalmente desaparecen una vez que las bacterias naturales del aparato digestivo se acostumbran al aumento de la fibra en la dieta. Los problemas con el gas o la diarrea se pueden reducir agregando la fibra en forma gradual a la dieta y no toda de una vez.

Demasiada fibra puede interferir con la absorción de minerales como el hierro, el zinc, el magnesio y el calcio; sin embargo, este efecto no causa demasiada preocupación debido a que los alimentos ricos en fibra generalmente son ricos en minerales.

Fuentes de fibra

Fecha de revisión: 8/6/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:Cynthia Dennison Haines, MD, family physician specializing in nutrition, fitness, and preventive health, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, and Assistant Clinical Professor, St. Louis University's School of Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

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