Dietary fibre-based therapy for body weight control, energy homeostasis and TIIDM: Inulin (fructans),  a polysaccharide isolated from chicory, inhibits DNA methyltransferase 3a (Dnmt3a) expression, increases FGF21 expression, augments insulin sensitivity, increases glucose tolerance, and protects from diet-induced obesity and TIIDM, via up regulation of its target gene, 5/April/2018, 12.51 am