New research is showing that eating more dietary fiber can help reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes by encouraging the growth of good gut bacteria and beneficial metabolites.
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What This Means for Your Health
Understanding the Link Between Eat Fiber to Improve Gut Health and Lower Your Risk of Diabetes
Gut Health and Dietary Fiber: A New Study’s Insights
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Here’s your Health minute. We’re talking about gut health and diabetes. So a new study is showing us something that your mom’s already been telling you. Eat your fiber. If you eat fruits, veggies, whole grains, all that good stuff. New research is showing that these not only feed the healthy gut bacteria, but they ultimately have a beneficial effect of controlling your blood sugars.
Practical Steps for Optimal Gut Health and Diabetes Prevention
So how can you make this work for you? Number one, you want to understand what your A1 C levels. Number two, you want to get a colon. Skippy. Make sure if you’re 45 years and older you’ve had your colonoscopy exam. And the good news here is that most insurances will cover your preventative colonoscopy. So your take home message for today is eat more fiber.
The Role of Fiber in Reducing Diabetes Risk
And this is going to help the bacteria in your gut. And this is going to help you reduce your risk of type two diabetes.
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The Bottom Line: The findings of this new research help us better understand the complex relationships between dietary fiber, gut bacteria, and blood molecules, and how they may influence the development of T2D.
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