Preventing type 2 diabetes: what does dietary fiber achieve?
Weickert, M.O.; Pfeiffer, A.F.H.
MMW Fortschritte der Medizin 147(17): 28-30
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1438-3276 PMID: 15903056 Document Number: 588876
On the basis of the currently available data, an increase in the uptake of indigestible roughage can be recommended as a means of reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In concert with other factors of a healthy lifestyle--including physical exercise, abstention from nicotine, the consumption of only moderate amounts of alcohol, reducing the intake of saturated fats, and--the main factor--ensuring that overweight does not develop, this dietary modification would appear to be an effective measure for avoiding most cases of type 2 diabetes.