11.   In addition, the patients in the diet group were given dietary advice, printed information sheets, and suggested recipes for high fibre, low refined carbohydrate meals.

12.   Two further patients could not tolerate the high fibre diet and the remaining three defaulted for no apparent reason.

13.   Legume seeds, however, which are high fibre foods may actually increase biliary cholesterol saturation and probably predispose to gall stone formation.

14.   Essentially, it is about having a diet of high complex carbohydrate, high fibre and low protein.