P. Kavitha ¹, P. Parvathi Easwaran ¹, S. Uma Mageshwari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus today is recognised as an epidemic disease in most countries that are undergoing socioeconomic transitions. Controlled studies carried out in India as well as in many other countries have revealed that a high fibre intake offers protection against diabetes which is related to nutritionally induced metabolic over load.

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P. Kavitha ¹, P. Parvathi Easwaran ¹, S. Uma Mageshwari ¹

Affiliations
1 Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore - 641043, IN

Abstract

Dietary fibre has been one of the most enduring dietary interest of this decade, world wide. An interplay of the effects of the physical and chemical properties of dietary fibre has physiological importance with nutritional implications. Clinical investigations and research findings point out to the favourable effect of a high fibre diet in the management of disease conditions like diabetes mellitus, cardio vascular diseases, obesity and gastro intestinal disorders.

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