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Higher dietary fibre intake reduces body weight, BMI, and waist circumference, and improves blood lipid profiles (total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides) in adults with diabetes.
Eating more fibre can help you lose a small amount of weight and improve your cholesterol levels, even if you don't try to eat less. This is a sustainable way to improve your overall metabolic health.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Increased fibre intakes reduced... body weight (MD −0.56 kg...), Body Mass Index (BMI; MD −0.36...), and C-reactive protein... when compared with lower fibre diets.
Why this rating
Moderate quality evidence, downgraded for high heterogeneity.
Source
Dietary fibre and whole grains in diabetes management: Systematic review and meta-analyses
Andrew Reynolds et al. · PLoS Medicine · 2020
DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003053
Meta-analysis · 44 studiesCited 537×
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