A recent study shows that consuming dietary fiber such as peas, broccoli, raspberries, blackberries, coconut and figs daily can prevent obesity.
According to researchers at Georgia State University, dietary fiber intake may prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and adverse changes in the gut by promoting the growth of “good” bacteria in the colon.
The findings indicated that enriching the diets of mice with the fermentable fiber inulin prevented the metabolic syndrome induced by a high-fat diet and they specifically identified how this occurs in the body.