Avoid Diabetes with Fiber
Women’s Health Magazine reports that fiber found in cereal, bread, and various grain products may reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes. The study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who consume the most cereal fiber were 27% less likely to get diabetes than those who consumed the least. These findings suggest that insoluble fiber in cereal and grains makes your cells more sensitive to insulin and therefore reduces your risk of diabetes.
You’ve probably heard it all over the news and commercials, but the recommended intake of fiber is 25 grams a day. Go for whole-grain breads, high fiber cereals, and health bars. Women’s Health says Gnu Foods Flavor & Fiber bars are a smart choice.
Ref: Women’s Health Magazine, October 2007, p. 32
September 28th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Thanks for sharing this important information on fiber and how it helps reduce the risk of diabetes. We all need more fiber in our diet, especially from vegetables, fruit, and whole grains. By the way, you’re welcome to visit my blog on eating healthy as well. http://eatinghealthynutrition.blogspot.com
October 4th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
A good diet and wholistic lifestyle is important to combat any ailment. Herbs like Gymnema have also been known to be highly effective in controlling diabetes
January 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am
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February 3rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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March 20th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I believe that what many people tend to forget is who funded this “study”. Would you be surprised to discover it was the cereal company? The fact is that fiber can help you as long as it’s not from grains. Grains tend to suppress the thyroid which in turn causes you to become overweight and makes you suseptible to diabetes. Ask any farmer who raises cows what they feed the cattle. Surprise grains!
Why? It fattens up the cattle. Which of course means that the cattle get sick. Which means they have to have antibiotics. Hmmm..anyone else seeing a correlation?
April 30th, 2008 at 3:49 am
I fully agree that Insoluble fibre is not the only fibre to help diabetes , it is the soluble fibre which is more important , consumer must not be misleaded , Insoluble Dietary Fibre(IDF) must have a maximum limit which must not be exceeded , otherwise it will sweep away the good minerals with it since it is not digested , it only help bulking the stool , soften it and shorten transit time , but Soluble Dietary Fibre SDF is 100% digestable in the lower intestine producing short chain fatty acids wich regulate absorption of sugar in blood stream at reasonable levels , unfortunately SDF is not abundently available in Nature , but cereals like wheat bran are available but despite this fact more people are getting diabetes , this proof our point , look at major pharma Co and Junk food Co rushing to poroduce Junk Soluble Fiber which is also not going to work and we end up more sick and more reliying on chemical drugs . The cure is MANNA as mentioned in the 3 Holy Books , more clearly in the Quran , so if any reader want to discover it he I strongly recommend that he visit our website ,MANNA has the answer for ALL LIFESTYLE DISEASES Dilemma