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A high fibre diet helps treat diabetes by changing gut bacteria
New Scientist A diet rich in fruit and vegetables can help treat type 2 diabetes – and it seems to do this by changing the bacteria that live in a person's gut. Liping Zhao at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and his colleagues compared the effects of two ... For diabetics, a high-fiber diet feeds gut microbes, lowering blood sugar Fiber-fermenting bacteria improve health of type 2 diabetes patients |