Fiber has many benefits, including helping with regular bowel movements, gut health, and heart health, so it usually doesn’t need to be restricted when you have ovarian cancer.
Your oncology team may recommend temporarily eating less of it, particularly coarse insoluble fiber, if you’re at risk for a small obstruction, says Tierney. This may apply if a tumor is pressing on or growing into your bowel, or if you’ve had a partial obstruction before. Tierney says that reducing insoluble fiber intake may also be recommended in the early weeks after debulking surgery involving the bowel, a common procedure for ovarian cancer in which as much of the…
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