The Effect of Soluble Fiber Supplementation on Metabolic Syndrome Profile among Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients.

Diets with high fiber content improve most metabolic syndrome (MetS) profile in non-diabetic individuals, but there is scarce information about the role of fiber intake in patients with the MetS and diabetes. The objective of this study is to determine whether soluble fiber supplementation improve MetS profile for 8 weeks of intervention in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) adult patients. After one week of dietary stabilization phase, 36 newly diagnosed T2D patients were stratified to different strata according to sex, age, fasting blood sugar (FBS), and waist circumference (WC).

Soluble fibers from psyllium improve glycemic response and body weight among diabetes type 2 patients (randomized control trial).

Background: Water-soluble dietary fibers intake may help control blood glucose and body weight.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether soluble fiber supplementation from psyllium improves glycemic control indicators and body weight in type 2 diabetic patients.

Method: Forty type 2 diabetes patients, non-smoker, aged >35 years were stratified to different strata according to sex, age, body mass index (BMI) and fasting blood sugar level (FBS) and randomly assigned into two groups; The intervention group which consists of 20 participants was on soluble fiber (10.

Prevalence of malnutrition and intestinal parasites among preschool children in the Gaza strip.

Helminthiasis is one of the public health problems worldwide. This is especially true in Gaza Strip. This study demonstrated the, parasites prevalent among mal-nutritional preschool-children according to the anthropometric cutoff points (WHO, 2007) and their family socio-demographic variability.