Teens With High-Fiber Diets Have Lower Diabetes Risks

High-Fiber Diets Have Lower Diabetes Risks

New study finds that teenagers with fiber-rich diets of whole grains, and vegetables have a lower risk for heart disease and diabetes.

However, the risk factors known as metabolic syndrome is not linked to the amount of cholesterol or saturated fat in their diets.

Joe Carlson, the head of the Sports Division and Cardiovascular Nutrition at Michigan State University in East Lansing, says that this does not give teenagers the go-ahead to pig out on fatty foods, however.

Carlson and other researchers studied the diets of more than 2,000 teens in the U.S. aged 12 – 19. Additionally, they tested whether or not the teenagers had more than three of the conditions associated with metabolic syndrome: elevated sugar levels, high blood pressure, large waistline, low levels of HDL or good cholesterol, and fats in the blood.

“There has been quite a lot done on the link between exercise and metabolic syndrome, but not nutrition,” said Carlson.

They found that 6% of the teenagers had the syndrome. Those who ate the least amount of fiber had a 9% risk factor, while there was only a 3% risk for the teens who ate the highest amount.

Carlson says that it is important to note that the metabolic syndrome is a way of measuring who will have higher risks later in life, it’s not a disease.

“It’s a warning,” said Carlson.

The past-president of the American Diabetes Association, Medicine & Science, Dr. Larry Deeb, adds that people should stay away from highly-processed foods with low fiber.

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