title: Low-residue diets: a reappraisal of their meaning and content.
abstract: Dietary fibre appears to be the only constituent of food that markedly affects faecal weight and probably total colonic content in normal individuals. It is proposed that low-residue diets intended to reduce large-bowel contents should be renamed low-dietary-fibre diets and be put on a quantitative basis. A low-dietary-fibre diet would contain 10 g or less. Other dietary modifications may also be necessary in diseases causing malabsorption.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002482:Cellulose / Q000032:analysis*; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005504:Food Analysis; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D002482:Cellulose