TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of fiber in gut health and chronic diseases
T2 - a comprehensive review
AU - Maqsood, Sammra
AU - Bordiga, Matteo
AU - Xu, Baojun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Codon Publications.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The gut microbiota is vital for human health but contributes to various conditions ranging from inflammation to obesity if there is dysbiosis. Diets lacking in fiber contribute to gut health issues. Fiber acts as a prebiotic by feeding gut bacteria while encouraging microbial diversity. Decreased barrier functioning, resulting from low levels of fiber, has been linked to various gastrointestinal disorders. Through butyrate production, diets rich in fiber reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. This review focuses on the role of dietary fiber in gut health and chronic diseases linked to the gut. Further, customized nutrition plans are followed as a way to upsurge fiber uptake to the extent based on lifestyle, genetics, and the composition of each person’s gut microbiome. Increasing fiber intake rendering to one’s requirements enhanced the benefits of improving gut health, reducing inflammation, and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.
AB - The gut microbiota is vital for human health but contributes to various conditions ranging from inflammation to obesity if there is dysbiosis. Diets lacking in fiber contribute to gut health issues. Fiber acts as a prebiotic by feeding gut bacteria while encouraging microbial diversity. Decreased barrier functioning, resulting from low levels of fiber, has been linked to various gastrointestinal disorders. Through butyrate production, diets rich in fiber reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. This review focuses on the role of dietary fiber in gut health and chronic diseases linked to the gut. Further, customized nutrition plans are followed as a way to upsurge fiber uptake to the extent based on lifestyle, genetics, and the composition of each person’s gut microbiome. Increasing fiber intake rendering to one’s requirements enhanced the benefits of improving gut health, reducing inflammation, and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.
KW - dietary habits
KW - fiber-rich diet
KW - gut microbiome
KW - gut–brain axis
U2 - 10.15586/qas.v17i2.1534
DO - 10.15586/qas.v17i2.1534
M3 - Review article
SN - 1757-8361
VL - 17
SP - 165
EP - 199
JO - Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods
JF - Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods
IS - 2
ER -