Personalized fiber recommendation key for better gut health, reveals Cornell study

28 Jun 2024 — Researchers at Cornell University have found that while nutritionists advise patients to increase their dietary fiber intake, its impact on health varies from person to person. The findings suggest that fiber recommendations should be personalized to consumers’ individual gut microbiome. 

Published in the scientific journal Gut Microbes, the study focuses on resistant starch, a category of dietary fiber found in foods like bread, cereals, green bananas, whole-grain pasta, brown rice and potatoes.