Prebiotics may be beneficial in type 2 diabetes
US research suggests they reduce inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in women with the disease
Prebiotics may have metabolic and anti-inflammatory benefits in type 2 diabetes, research suggests.
The finding comes from a review of 27 randomised controlled trials of several different prebiotics in mainly women who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for between six months and 11 years.
Participants used the prebiotics, which are plant fibres that act as a fertiliser for bacteria in the gut, from four days to 12 weeks.
The US investigators wanted to find out if they reduced inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers for type 2 diabtetes.
