Originally Posted by Calianna

Oh - I also meant to mention that another observation (I just read the title of the article again, and remembered this bit) is that with the exception of some very old people who believe they are so constipated that they feel the need to buy multiple bags of prunes, bottles of prune juice, several boxes of bran cereal, and laxatives, the age group most likely to buy loads and loads of whole grains are in approximately the 30-50 age group... the very age group that the article indicates are dying from colorectal cancer.

My guess is that they're damaging their colons with excess fiber, to the point of causing cancerous cell mutations.