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Greetings! My name is Konstantin Monastyrsky. I
wrote Fiber Menace and this site for people who believe fiber prevents
colon and breast
cancer, reduces the risk of heart disease, regulates blood
sugar, wards off diabetes, lowers appetite, induces weight loss,
cleanses the colon, is good for irritable bowel syndrome, and eliminates
diarrhea or constipation. Tragically,
none of this is true:
 Fiber doesn’t ward
off colon cancer, according to the Harvard School of
Public Health: “For years, Americans have been told to
consume a high-fiber diet to lower the risk of colon cancer —
mainly on the basis of results from relatively small studies.
Larger and better-designed studies have failed to show a link
between fiber and colon cancer.” Scores of other
studies have demonstrated that
fiber increases the risk of colon cancer. (See page 181, or
here.)
Fiber doesn’t
prevent breast cancer, according to the U.S.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the American
Institute for Cancer Research. In fact, it’s the complete
opposite: “Carbohydrate intake was
positively associated with breast cancer risk.” Carbohydrates are the only foods that
contain fiber, and fiber is a carbohydrate too. (See page 183,
or
here.)
Fiber doesn’t
reduce the risk of heart disease, according to the
American Heart Association: “A
fiber supplement [..] provides dubious
cardiovascular advantage.” Furthermore, fiber
supplements cause “reduced mineral absorption and a myriad
of gastrointestinal disturbances” — factors that in fact, contribute to heart disease. (See page 41, or
here.)
Fiber doesn’t
regulate blood sugar or counteract diabetes, according
to the Harvard School of Public Health: “Fiber
intake [...] increases the chances of developing heart disease
and diabetes.” Because fiber extends digestion and the
absorption of nutrients, it simply fools blood tests with
somewhat smaller readings. In reality, the same exact amount of
glucose enters the bloodstream, and the damage is exactly the
same or even worse. (See page 220, or
here.)
Fiber doesn’t curb
appetite, according to the Jean Mayer U.S. Department of
Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts
University: “fiber supplements did not alter hunger, satiety or body weight” In fact, fiber
stimulates appetite, extends digestion, expands stomach
capacity, raises the threshold of satiety, and makes you much
hungrier the next time around. (See page 60-76, or
here.)
Fiber doesn’t
keep the “colon clean” by speeding elimination, according
to the highly respected and authoritative Rome II: The
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders textbook: “There is
little or no relationship between dietary fiber and whole gut
transit time.” In fact, fiber delays transit time more than
does any other food
ingredient, and is the primary cause of chronic constipation,
hemorrhoids, diverticulosis, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's
disease. (See pages 21,23, 29, 103, or
here.)
Fiber doesn’t
relieve chronic constipation, according to the American
College of Gastroenterology Functional Gastrointestinal
Disorders Task Force: all legitimate clinical trials
demonstrated no “improvement in stool frequency or
consistency when compared with placebo.” How could
it, if it caused it in the first place? (See page 105, 115, or
here.)
— Why, then, despite all of this damning
evidence, is fiber still being promoted and praised from all
quarters as if it is manna from heaven?
— Well,
processing livestock feed (bran) into edible food (cereals,
breads) is just as profitable as printing money. Peddling a
common weed (psyllium) as a laxative and cholesterol reducer
beats selling dope — and it's absolutely legal to boot. The more
people are affected by fiber-related disorders, the more money
will be made on tests, drugs, surgeries, and hospital stays.
But that's only a small part of this
incredulously bizarre consumer and medical fraud. The larger
part — fiber has its “dirty hands” in all of the disorders
listed on the right and below. In this context, learning from
Fiber Menace and this site, and eliminating fiber
from your diet may end up becoming one of the most
transformational experiences of your life.
Overcoming Major Colorectal
Disorders
The following self-help guides represent the
first substantial revision of mainstream treatment
recommendations for major colorectal disorders connected to
fiber, laxatives, antibiotics, heavy metals, food poisoning,
travelers' diarrhea, colonoscopies, common drugs, medical
errors, and related conditions. These guides will help you to
undo and prevent further damage without resorting to more of the
same.
Colonoscopy: Is it worth it?
Colonoscopies after age 50 aren't reducing
anyone's chances of developing colon cancer. In fact, they boost
the risk of colon cancer and digestive disorders by disrupting
colon function, damaging intestinal flora, and aggravating
preexisting colorectal disorders:
When selecting virtual colonoscopy (computer
tomography), the exposure from a single abdominal scan is
comparable to exposure from the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima:
This guide identifies individuals who may
benefit from colonoscopies, and explains how to undergo
them without incurring additional risks. It also explains how to
reverse colonoscopy-related damage and cut down the risk of
colon
cancer at the same time. More...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Recovery
This guide debunks the universally accepted view
that the causes of irritable bowel syndrome are unknown,
describes them one by one, and explains how to eliminate each
one safely and permanently.
This information is particularly
important for persons in the high-risk group for ulcerative
colitis, Crohn's disease, and colon cancer
because the conventional diagnostic and treatment of IBS with
fiber and drugs raises
these risks considerably. More...
Restoring Natural Bowel
Movements
Dietary fiber, eight glasses of water, and
a low-fat diet — the sacred cows of American nutritional dogma —
break natural bowel movements, and cause hard stools,
irregularity, constipation, or constipation-predominant IBS.
When patients seek medical help, they are routinely recommended
to add more fiber, drink more water, and reduce fat even
further.
This misguided and harmful advice guarantees hemorrhoids and diverticulosis to virtually
anyone, and it is behind the epidemics of inflammatory bowel
disease and colon cancer. This guide condemns this pig-headed
practice and teaches you how to restore natural bowel movements
without resorting to fiber and laxatives.
More...
Diverticulosis And Diverticulitis Prevention
And Recovery
A high fiber diet is broadly recommended for
the prevention of diverticulosis based on unconfirmed, unproven,
untested, and speculative "theories" that a low fiber diet
causes this pathology. In fact, it's the complete opposite — a
high fiber diet is the primary cause of diverticulosis and its
complications.
The conventionally-recommended treatment of
diverticulitis — the acute form of diverticulosis — is based on
a combination of antibiotics and fiber. It subjects patients to
the unnecessary risks of abdominal surgery to remove the
affected colon, impaired immunity, uncontrollable bleeding,
ulcers, and strokes. This guide describes how to prevent
diverticulitis without resorting to fiber and antibiotics.
More...
Restoring Intestinal Flora
Healthy intestinal flora (bacteria) is vital
for forming stools, maintaining immunity, synthesizing essential
vitamins, and protecting from colorectal cancers. After bacteria
are damaged by antibiotics, laxatives, heavy metals, surgeries,
or colonoscopies, fiber is broadly recommended to restore and
form stools.
Unlike live bacteria, the dead cells of plants
— which is what fiber is — can't perform bacterial functions,
essential for humans. The loss of these functions contributes to
impaired immunity, diabetes, obesity, hair loss, eczema,
seborrhea, anemia, internal bleedings, ulcers, strokes, cancers,
and common gastrointestinal, respiratory, and autoimmune
disorders.
Despite all of these well known and thoroughly
studied facts, the American medical establishment adamantly
refuses to recognize the role of intestinal flora in health and
longevity, and does everything possible to obliterate bacteria,
starting at birth. Then, it profits enormously from treating the
resulting diseases. This guide outlines the role of intestinal
flora in human health and explains how to restore it. More...
Restoring Anorectal Sensitivity
To preserve life-long colorectal health and
prevent colon cancer, a healthy person should move the bowels after
each major meal, or at least twice daily. Because circumstances
are rarely ideal, many people tend to suppress urges and skip
stools. This leads to hardening of stools, straining, enlarged
hemorrhoids, and anorectal nerve damage — the primary conditions
behind irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation.
Finally, one day, fiber or laxatives are needed to initiate
a bowel movements because the urge sensation has gone for good. This
guide will help you to restore anorectal sensitivity without
resorting to fiber and/or laxatives.
More...
Overcoming Fiber Dependence
Dietary fiber transforms colorectal organs and
causes a physical dependence similar to drug addiction. The
outcome is familiar to anyone who has failed a low-carb diet
because of severe constipation. This guide explains how to
overcome this unhealthy dependence without resorting to
laxatives. It is essential for anyone who wants to reduce fiber
consumption, and especially useful for people who wish to lose
weight by following popular low-carbs diets.
More...
Addenda
After Fiber Menace was published, I
wrote several essays to address questions and issues that
weren't covered in the final manuscript. They are included below
for your reading pleasure.
The original title of the first essay was “Bull's
Shit in the China Shop.” If you haven't seen bull's
droppings, they are quite large, and somewhat similar to the
fiber-laden stools of humans. This 'in-your-face' title was
wordplay on three concurrent ironies — health-conscious
Americans falling for popular 'bullshit' about fiber, eating a
bull-like diet, and suffering from bull-like stools.
Despite these obvious analogies, I chickened
out from engaging readers with such a bold title. Nevertheless,
I am sharing with you my original intent, so you won't miss this
seminal essay.
Dietary Fiber: Wonder Food or Wrecking Ball?
This is a no-nonsense summary of the key facts and concepts
behind Fiber Menace and this site. After reading this essay
you won’t be likely to return to fiber's menacing embrace ever
again. If you do, and get sick, don't tell anyone you
weren’t warned. This essay also identifies fiber as a key
driving force behind the epidemics of
autism, juvenile
diabetes, and
the omnipresent
PMS. Read
more...
Top Twelve Myths About Fiber
Most everything you know about dietary fiber are lies, more
lies, and doctored statistics. The perpetrators are the
usual suspects — the makers of processed foods, the
agro-industrial complex, Big Pharma, scientists on the take
(sorry, grants), religious fanatics, assorted charlatans, opportunists, patsies, proxies, and
the inevitable
hangers-on. It's like hormone replacement therapy all over
again — only, this time around, fiber affects everyone.
More...
Fiber-Related Malnutrition
Dietary fiber blocks must-have nutrients.
The resulting malnutrition is an underlying cause of
infertility, birth defects, miscarriages, autism, stunted
growth, rickets, scoliosis, osteoporosis, arthritis,
cavities, tooth decay, chronic fatigue, depression,
diabetes, heart disease, strokes, premature aging, and
cancers. This guide explains why and what you should do
about it. More...
Frequently Asked Questions About Fiber Menace...
Considering what you've been hearing from
all quarters for so long, dropping fiber from your diet may be a serious
concern. To help you along, here are the answers to the
most frequently asked questions about this subject and Fiber Menace.
They range
from its veracity in questioning fiber's role in nutrition to Katie Couric's
opinion about colon cancer, and everything in between.
Q. Give me ten reasons why I should read Fiber Menace.
Q. Is this book really for me, and not my doctor? What if I am okay?
Q. But Katie Couric
said…
Q. What about virtual colonoscopies?
Are they any
safer?
Q. Does this site rehash
the information in
your book?
Q. But what if you are still dead wrong about
fiber?
Q. Why isn't my doctor telling me about your
approach if it is so simple and effective?
Q. But I am
still scared to get off fiber. What should I do?
Q. I am
confused about what I should eat...
Q. Where do I
find the fiber content of common foods?
Q. I went to my doctor, and he
told me that if I stop taking fiber, he'll drop me as a patient because he can't take the risk...
Those who care to learn live longer!
If you’ve made it this far, you are in the
enlightened minority. Herein lies the answer to the question
presented at the beginning: “Why do some people live while
others die?” Simple: they get down to the bottom of things — no
matter how farfetched or improbable it may at first appear.
Konstantin Monastyrsky, author of Fiber Menace
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