Optimizing Dietary Fiber Eating Patterns to Prevent Obesity and Resulting Metabolic Disorders

Summary

Dietary fiber has been shown to have beneficial effects on human health through its impact on microbes present in the gut. However, these effects can vary between individuals, and everyone may not reap the same health benefits by eating the same sources of fiber. Factors predicting how an individual's gut microbes as well as the beneficial metabolites produced by these microbes change in response to different sources of fiber would be helpful in developing precision nutrition approaches that maximize the benefits of dietary fiber. The objective of this study is to evaluate candidate predictors of gut microbiota response to fiber sources from either whole grains or fruits and vegetables.

Eligibility

Age range

21–50 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Interventions

• Other
  Whole Grain Intervention then fruits and vegetables

  TREATMENT 1: Participants will eat whole grains that add up to the required daily fiber needs. Investigators will provide participants with these products. Participants will follow this intervention for a set period of time. The beginning of the intervention will include a ramp up phase when they eat half of the daily fiber needs to prevent any gastrointestinal distress from suddenly consuming a higher fiber diet than usual. TREATMENT 2: Participants will eat fruits and vegetables that add up to the required daily fiber needs. Investigators will provide participants with these products. Participants will follow this intervention for a set period of time. The beginning of the intervention will include a ramp up phase when participants eat half of the daily fiber needs to prevent any gastrointestinal distress from suddenly consuming a higher fiber diet than usual.

• Other
  Fruit and Vegetable Intervention and then whole grains

  TREATMENT 1: Participants will eat fruits and vegetables that add up to the required daily fiber needs. Investigators will provide participants with these products. Participants will follow this intervention for a set period of time. The beginning of the intervention will include a ramp up phase when participants eat half of the daily fiber needs to prevent any gastrointestinal distress from suddenly consuming a higher fiber diet than usual. TREATMENT 2: Participants will eat whole grains that add up to the required daily fiber needs. Investigators will provide participants with these products. Participants will follow this intervention for a set period of time. The beginning of the intervention will include a ramp up phase when they eat half of the daily fiber needs to prevent any gastrointestinal distress from suddenly consuming a higher fiber diet than usual.

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