This was a pilot randomized double-blind crossover trial in Y-T2DM (Supplementary Figure S1). Youth aged 10–25 years, diagnosed with Y-T2DM by the American Diabetes Association criteria (27 (link)), Tanner stage IV or V, with Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≤8% were recruited to participate in this MIGHTY-Fiber Study. Exclusion criteria included: positive diabetes related autoantibodies (GAD-65 and IA-2 autoantibodies); consumption of ≥ 2 or more servings of ≥6 oz of yogurt per day; chronic GI disease; gastric bypass surgery; cancer diagnosis or auto-immune disease; chronic insulin therapy within 3 months of the study; or use of antibiotics, immunosuppressants, hormonal contraceptives, lipid-lowering agents, proton-pump inhibitors, supraphysiologic systemic steroids, cholesterol medications, prebiotics, or probiotics in the previous month at time of screening.
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