Natural dietary fiber from salad vegetables reduces postprandial blood sugar: Study
According to recent research, it has been noted that natural dietary fiber from salad vegetables can reduce glucose and lipid absorption and breakdown rates, thus preventing increases in postprandial blood sugar and cholesterol levels, as published in the Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition & Agriculture Journal.
Prevention of spikes in blood sugar right after eating a meal is an important therapeutic target. It helps optimize blood sugar control and mitigates damage to our arteries thereby decreasing long term risk of serious complications like heart attacks and strokes.
Salad vegetables are good sources of dietary fiber and are becoming increasingly popular among consumers. Therefore, these plants have the potential to be developed as functional foods.
Hence, Pannapa Powthong and colleagues from the Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Rangsit University, Pathumthani, Thailand conducted this present study with the objective to investigate the physical properties and intestinal glucose and lipid absorption capacities of dry dietary fiber from vegetables typically consumed in salads (types of lettuce, including red oak, red coral, green oak, butterhead, and cos).
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