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Research Shows Higher Fibre Diets Improve the Health of Teens
Posted by Heather Caruso, This article was posted in News/Research at Fri, January 20, 2012 00:00
The findings on high-fiber diets were drawn from the 6% of studied teens that had some components of metabolic syndrome. Out of the group with the lowest fiber intake (less than 3 grams per 1,000 calories), 9% possessed some risk factors for disease. In the group with the highest intake (11 or more grams per 1,000 calories), only 3% showed signs of metabolic syndrome. This was while no correlation was found between metabolic syndrome and separate saturated fat and cholesterol indexes. read on





