Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2021.345.349Abd Elmoneim ElmadboulyMohammad 32021243Background and Objective: Type II diabetes mellitus represents one of the most serious and widely spread chronic diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of wheat bran fiber in type II diabetes mellitus patients. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in Makkah among 160 diabetes individuals who were randomly selected. The subjects consumed 40 g per day of wheat bran for 30 days. Anthropometrics measurement and blood samples were taken for various biochemical analyses before and after the experimental period. Data were analysed using the SPSS program. Using a t-test to compare the significant differences between the measures associated with the subject before and after taking the bran. Results: Findings indicate that the consumption of 40 g per day of wheat bran for 30 days offers an improvement in fasting glucose levels and the level of serum lipids along with total cholesterol, very low-density lipoprotein and triglyceride. Moreover, wheat bran is shown to have other beneficial effects regarding the reduction of weight in obese diabetic patients. Conclusion: It was concluded that wheat bran has beneficial effects in patients with diabetes mellitus and obesity. As such, it should be encouraged as a disease management strategy. However, additional studies focused on the long term consumption of dietary fiber are needed.]]>Ozougwu, J.C., K.C. Obimba, C.D. Belonwu and C.B. Unakalamba,201344657Lupton, J.R., V.A. Betteridge and L.T. Pijls,20091206212Lattimer, J.M. and M.D. Haub,2010212661289Russell, W.R., A. Baka, I. Björck, N. Delzenne and D. Gao et al.,201656541590Robert, A.A., M.A.A. Dawish, R. Braham, M.A. Musallam, A.A.A. Hayek and N.H.A. Kahtany,2017135964Alotaibi, A., L. Perry, L. Gholizadeh and A. Al-Ganmi,20177211218Premakumari, S. and S. Haripriya,20102010Nguyen, N.T., X.M. Nguyen, J. Lane and P. Wang,201121351355Satoh, N., A. Shimatsu, Y. Kato, R. Araki and K. Koyama et al.,20083119211930Caballero, B.,20052nd Edn.,Pages: 2000Pages: 2000Mikusova, L., E. Sturdik and A. Holubkova,2011495114Du, H., A.D.L. van Der, H.C. Boshuizen, N.G. Forouhi and N.J. Wareham et al.,201091329336Riccioni, G., V. Sblendorio, E. Gemello, B. Di Bello, L. Scotti, S. Cusenza and N. D’Orazio,20121315241540Pal, S., A. Khossousi, C. Binns, S. Dhaliwal and V. Ellis,201110590100Elmadbouly, M.A.,2015359Obanla, O.O., O.O. Onabanjo, S.A. Sanni, M.O. Adegunwa, W.A. Afolabi, O.O. Oyawoye and A.T. Lano-Maduagu,2016372028Stevenson, L., F. Phillips, K. O'sullivan and J. Walton,20126310011013Haripriya, S. and S. Premakumari, 20103284286Ghanei, L., A. Ziaee and A. Afaghi,201317689692Afaghi, A., B.R. Omidi, M. Sarreshtehdari, L. Ghanei and M. Alipour,201193539Chandalia, M., A. Garg, D. Lutjohann, K. von Bergmann, S.M. Grundy and L.J. Brinkley,200034213921398Post, R.E., A.G. Mainous III, D.E. King and K.N. Simpson,2012251623Costabile, A., A. Klinder, F. Fava, A. Napolitano and V. Fogliano et al.,200899110120Weickert, M.O. and A.F. Pfeiffer,2008138439442