High-Fiber Diet to Help Children's Bodies Control Blood Sugar

This trial is testing whether adding a high-fiber dietary product to standard insulin treatment can help children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Researchers believe that changes to gut bacteria through diet might help protect the body's insulin-producing cells and improve blood sugar management. The study will compare children who receive the high-fiber product with those who receive standard diabetes care alone.

When children are first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, their bodies still produce some insulin on their own—but this ability is fading. This trial exists because researchers want to find ways to slow down or preserve that remaining insulin production early on, which could make blood sugar easier to manage and reduce the amount of insulin children need to inject.