2DM females Patients received either 10 g/day inulin or maltodextrin/day for 8 weeks Inulin: ↓CRP, TNF-α and LPS Dehghan et al. (2014a) Randomized controlled clinical trial 52 overweight/obese women with T2DM Patients received either 10 g/d of oligofructose-enriched inulin or maltodextrin (control) for 8 weeks oligofructose-enriched-Inulin: ↓ CRP, TNF-α and LPS Dehg