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Abstract The advent of highly refined wheat products has reduced fiber consumption, which is associated with increased risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We found that enriching diets with wheat fiber (WF) protected mice against colitis, especially relative to a low-fiber diet, as assessed by clinical, histopathologic, morphologic, and immunologic parameters.
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Of the many differences between GB and purified ingredient diets, it is arguably the level and type of dietary fiber which is most important with respect to the gut microbiome. Fiber can be generally classified as either soluble or insoluble, and there are different types of each.
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