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SUBMITTER: Alfa MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5787146 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Alfa Michelle J MJ Strang David D Tappia Paramjit S PS Olson Nancy N DeGagne Pat P Bray David D Murray Brenda-Lee BL Hiebert Brett B
Frontiers in medicine 20180122
<h4>Introduction</h4>Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has reached epidemic proportions in North America. Recent evidence suggests that prebiotics can modulate the gut microbiome, which then plays an important role in regulating lipid metabolism, blood glucose, and insulin sensitivity. As such, prebiotics are appealing potential therapeutic strategies for prediabetes and T2D. The key objectives of this study were to determine the tolerability as well as the glucose and insulin modulating ability of <i>MSPre ...[more]