TY - JOUR T1 - Increasing daily fibre intake positively affects glycaemic control and cardiometabolic factors and reduces premature mortality in people with pre-diabetes and type 1 and type 2 diabetes JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 124 LP - 124 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2020-103294 VL - 24 IS - 4 AU - Ilaria Baruffaldi Y1 - 2021/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/24/4/124.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Reynolds AN, Akerman AP, Mann J. Dietary fibre and whole grains in diabetes management: systematic review and meta-analyses. PLoS Med 2020 Mar 6;17(3):e1003053. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003053. eCollection 2020 Mar.Increasing daily fibre intake has been shown to reduce premature mortality and to improve glycaemic control.The European Association for the Study of Diabetes guidelines currently emphasise the role of soluble fibre, while this review found that there were benefits from all types of fibre and in all types of diabetes. Despite this, direct evidence supported moving from low-dietary fibre to medium-dietary fibre and high-dietary fibre food.Uncontrolled studies carried out in the 1970s linked an increased carbohydrate intake to … ER -