Associations Between Dietary Fiber and Inflammation, Hepatic Function, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Men: Potential Mechanisms for the Benefits of Fiber on Diabetes Risk | Zendy

Husam Ghanim | Zendy; Ajay Chaudhuri | Zendy; Paresh Dandona | Zendy

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Associations Between Dietary Fiber and Inflammation, Hepatic Function, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Men: Potential Mechanisms for the Benefits of Fiber on Diabetes Risk

Author(s) -

Husam Ghanim,

Ajay Chaudhuri,

Paresh Dandona

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc09-2127

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , dietary fiber , inflammation , fiber , endocrinology , food science , chemistry , organic chemistry

In their recent article reporting on the beneficial preventive effect of the intake of fiber on the occurrence of type 2 diabetes, Wannamethee et al. (1) did not provide any mechanisms to explain this phenomenon. They also reported an association of low concentrations of C- reactive protein and interleukin-6 with high fiber consumption.Some of our recent work provides a …

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