Dietary fiber intake may prevent Type II diabetes

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Dietary fiber intake may prevent Type II diabetes

 

" Increasing evidence suggests an important role of carbohydrate

quality in the development of Type II diabetes, " according to a study

published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers

added, " Our (study) objective was to prospectively examine the

association between glycemic index, glycemic load and dietary fiber

and the risk of Type II diabetes in a large cohort of young women. "

 

In 1991, 91,249 women completed a semi quantitative food-frequency

questionnaire that assessed dietary intake. The women were followed

for eight years for the development of incident Type II diabetes.

Dietary information was updated in 1995. Researchers at the Harvard

School of Public Health reviewed the information garnered from the

questionnaire and follow-up and discovered that intakes of

high-glycemic foods were significantly associated with an increased

risk of developing Type II diabetes. They also found that cereal fiber

intake decreased the risk.

 

Following the study, researchers said that " a diet high in

rapidly-absorbed carbohydrates and low in cereal fiber is associated

with an increased risk of Type II diabetes. "

 

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80(2):348-356, 2004