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The Association of Dietary Fiber Intake with Cardiometabolic Risk in Four Countries across the Epidemiologic Transition

Incorporating more high fiber foods to our diet may protect us from cardio-metabolic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular ailments.

This study investigated the hypothesis that a decline in the risk of cardio-metabolic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, is associated with high intake of fiber-ladened foods. Researchers looked at data on the dietary habits and incidence of cardio-metabolic ailments among individuals from Ghana, Jamaica, Seychelles, and the United States.

Data analysis revealed that participants on the top of the dietary fiber consumption ladder had the lowest chances of acquiring a cardio-metabolic disease. The findings of this study support the consumption of fiber-rich foods as part of dietary intervention to  combat the rising rates of cardio-metabolic diseases.

Research Summary Information

  • 2018
  • Louise Lie, Laquita Brown, Terrence E Forrester, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Pascal Bovet, Estelle V Lambert, Brian T Layden, Amy Luke, Lara R Dugas
  • Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. llie@luc.edu. Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. laquitab02@gmail.com. Solutions for Developing Countries, University of West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. terrence.forrester@uwimona.edu.jm. Department of Physiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. jprhule@gmail.com. Unit for the Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Mahè Island, Republic of Seychelles. bovet.pascal@gmail.com. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1010, Switzerland. bovet.pascal@gmail.com. Division for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa. Vicki.Lambert@uct.ac.za. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. blayde1@uic.edu. Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. blayde1@uic.edu. Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. Aluke@luc.edu. Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. ldugas@luc.edu.
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