High fibre diet could prevent type 1 diabetes

"What we currently know is that type 1 diabetes is not linked to diet or lifestyle and it can't be prevented. Acetate appeared to lower the number of immune cells primed to attack the pancreatic cells, while butyrate boosted other cells that dampen the immune reaction. "The idea that a special medicinal diet could help to regulate the immune system and prevent type 1 diabetes from developing is interesting, but this research is at a very early stage. Diabetes UK is funding a great deal of research to find ways to stop the immune attack against the pancreas, in order to prevent type 1 diabetes in the future." Emily Burns at Diabetes UK said: "We know that our immune system and gut work closely together.

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 A new study finds that a diet high in fiber could help offset the occurrence of Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes. Scientists found that instances of the rodent equivalent of juvenile diabetes was eliminated in a group of mice fed a particular high fiber diet, the Guardian reports. Type 1 diabetes is an anomaly in which the body produces little or no insulin, the hormone needed to process glucose. Around 1.25 million children and adults in the U.S. were reported to have Type 1 diabetes in 2012, according to data from the American Diabetes Association. The findings were provided by researches at Monash University in Melbourne working with Australia's national science agency.

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