September 24/Women's Health Law Weekly -- Current study results from the report "The influence of dietary fiber source and gender on the postprandial glucose and lipid response in healthy subjects" have been published.
"Consumption of soluble dietary fiber is correlated with decreased postprandial glucose and insulin responses and hence has beneficial effects on the metabolic syndrome. To investigate the effects on postprandial glucose, insulin and triglyceride concentrations of meals enriched with soluble dietary fibers from oats, rye bran, sugar beet fiber or a mixture of these three fibers," researchers in Lund, Sweden, report.