Dietary Fiber and Human Health

A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2018) | Viewed by 5931

Special Issue Editor

Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Syracuse University, 552 White Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; maternal nutritional status and birth outcomes; dietary patterns and chronic diseases; biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large-scale populations

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Dietary fiber consists of non-digestible carbohydrate and lignin that are intrinsic and intact in plants as defined by the Institute of Medicine. The current evidence base highlights the importance of dietary fiber in order to reduce the risk of adverse health outcomes such as some cancers, cardiovascular diseases, obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, findings on the role of dietary fiber in human health and disease are scattered and unclear. The current Special Issue aims to bring together recent reviews and cutting-edge original papers in the field to address current gaps in the evidence base on the role of dietary fiber in human health.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Dayeon Shin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Dietary fiber
  • Human Health
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Cancer

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Commentary
Does Dietary Fiber Reduce the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
by Zhaoli Dai and Yuqing Zhang
Fibers 2018, 6(2), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib6020018 - 27 Mar 2018
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Accumulating evidence has suggested the effects of a higher dietary fiber intake on weight loss and reduced inflammation. In line with this, recent observations presented higher consumption of dietary fiber in relation to the lower risks of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and worsening knee [...] Read more.
Accumulating evidence has suggested the effects of a higher dietary fiber intake on weight loss and reduced inflammation. In line with this, recent observations presented higher consumption of dietary fiber in relation to the lower risks of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and worsening knee pain. Because both obesity and inflammation are commonly linked with knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and preliminary results have suggested a role of microbiome in both joint disorders, we hypothesized that increased dietary fiber intakes might confer benefits in reducing the risk of rheumatoid arthritis and/or delaying disease progression. In this commentary, we sought to provide rationales regarding fiber’s physiological characteristics and its influence in the gut microbiome to postulate a potential link between fiber intake and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Verification of these hypotheses requires data from observational and experimental studies. Full article
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