1) Diverticular disease is a condition of the bowel caused by abnormal activity of the bowel wall when your diet contains insufficient fibre.

2) Should we treat uncomplicated symptomatic diverticular disease with fibre?

3) Left-sided diverticular disease is most common in the West,(http:///diverticular.html) while right-sided diverticular disease is more prevalent in Asia and Africa.

4) Past medical problems included hypertension and diverticular disease requiring partial sigmoid bowel resection 6 years ago.

5) Diverticular disease ( DD ) of the colon is very common especially in the elderly.

6) Many doctors recommend that patients with diverticular disease eat a high-fiber diet; nuts, corn and popcorn are high-fiber foods.

7) Since the advent of treatment with bran, fewer patients have required surgery for the complications of diverticular disease.

8) Men who ate nuts, corn, or popcorn frequently were found to have no greater risk for developing diverticulitis or diverticular bleeding than men who rarely ate the foods.

9) This in turn reduces the risk of bowel problems such as haemorrhoids and diverticular disease.

10) No association was seen between diverticulitis and eating corn, and no association with diverticular bleeding was seen with any of the foods.