Gestational Diabetes: Fiber & Blood Sugar Control

A remarkably simple intervention – dietary fiber supplementation – is emerging as a potential game-changer in prenatal care, offering a pathway to not only manage gestational diabetes risk but also to improve birth outcomes and reshape the maternal gut microbiome. Fiber’s Impact: Soluble fiber supplementation demonstrably improved postprandial glucose control and reduced gestational weight gain … Read more

Gut Bacteria & Heart Disease Risk: New Research

Nearly 697,000 people in the United States die of heart disease each year, making it the leading cause of death for both men and women. But what if a significant portion of that risk wasn’t tied to traditional factors like cholesterol and blood pressure, but to the trillions of microorganisms living in your gut? The … Read more