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Increased gut microbiome diversity and high dietary fiber intake are associated with lower long-term weight gain, mediated by short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) like butyrate.
Increase your intake of dietary fiber to promote a diverse gut microbiome. This can lead to higher levels of beneficial SCFAs like butyrate, which improve insulin sensitivity and may help prevent long-term weight gain.
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Women who ate high amounts of dietary fibre were less likely to gain weight than those who ate little fibre... Women who lost weight or had stable weight also had more diverse microbes in their guts [25].
Why this rating
Based on cohort studies and meta-analyses of probiotics/prebiotics.
Source
The Metabolomic Signatures of Weight Change
Amrita Vijay et al. · Metabolites · 2019
DOI 10.3390/metabo9040067
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