On cardio vascular diseases such as heart disease, heart attacks, heart blood vessel constriction, decreased levels of LDL cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein) to get significant attention in many studies about the level of high LDL cholesterol to increased risk of heart problems.
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Glukan beta is a lot of polysaccharides contained in the oat / rice with skin (bran) and a soluble fiber that can lower “bad” cholesterol (LDL) in the body, but nature would be more efficient if consumed in beverage form.
A recent study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reported the results of research on the influence of fruit drink fortified with beta glukan of LDL cholesterol levels
in 47 volunteers.
All of these volunteers consuming 500 ml of placebo (a fruit drink enriched with rice starch) every day for three weeks, before then randomized to either treatment or placebo using a fortified beverage glukan beta next five weeks of immersion.
The researchers reported that after five weeks, both the control group and groups receiving the treatment proved to have the amount of food intake the same, except for intake of beta glukan.
In that study, concentrations of total cholesterol decreased significantly by 0.06 mmol / L, decreased LDL cholesterol 0.062 mmol / L, and no change? Significant impact on HDL cholesterol, trigliserol, as well as the total antioxidant fat-soluble.
The mechanism of LDL cholesterol reduction by beta glukan was not too clear, but the researchers suspect that beta glukan will bind to bile acids in preventing reabsorption intestine and finally excreted. Concluded that not only increased bile acid synthesis, but the decrease in cholesterol absorption also contribute to the cholesterol-lowering effect of beta glukan.
Previous studies that also use the beta in the form glukan drinks, such as oat milk and fruit juices it gives the same result, namely lowering LDL cholesterol levels. But when the beta glukan consumed in the form of food (like bread or cookies) it gives results that are not significant. Thus, these findings indicate that the efficacy of beta glukan will increase when the material is consumed in the form of liquid products.
Tags: BAD CHOLESTEROL, beta glukan, CHOLESTEROL LDL, LOWER THE BLOOD, milk and fruit
