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# Dietary fiber lowers death risk in myocardial infarction survivors
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/dietary_fiber_myocardial_infarction_0418140600/
- Published: 2014-04-18T19:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:26:51.000Z
- Description: A Circulation study drawing on the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study links higher fiber intake after a heart attack to 25% lower all-cause mortality, with cereal fiber tied to 27% lower risk and survivors who increased intake 31% less likely to die.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Supplements, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Friday April 18, 2014 (foodconsumer.org) -- Dietary fiber is linked to lower risk of coronary heart disease in healthy men and women. A new study suggests that high intake of dietary fiber can also reduce risk of death from all causes in people who have suffered a stroke or myocardial infarction.

The study released in Circulation shows that higher post-myocardial-infarction intake of dietary fiber was found associated with 25% lower all-cause death risk.

The study based on data from The Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) also shows that higher intake of cereal fiber was linked to 27% reduced risk of death in those who had suffered myocardial infarction.

Myocardial infarction survivors who increased intake of dietary fiber post myocardial infarction were 31% less likely to die from any cause, compared with those who did not increase the intake.

The study concluded "In this prospective study of MI (myocardial infarction) survivors, greater post-MI (myocardial infarction) intake of dietary fiber, especially cereal fiber, was inversely associated with all-cause mortality." and "increasing consumption of fiber from pre- to post-MI periods was significantly associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality."

Dietary fiber can be purchased as a dietary supplement on the internet. (David Liu)