Guar-pasta: a new diet for obese subjects?
A pasta containing 10% guar-flour was successfully prepared and administered to ten obese women in a seven-day experimental design which included: a control meal (day 1) containing alimentary wheat-pasta, a first guar-pasta meal (day 2), to assess the acute effects of guar-pasta, a second guar-pasta meal (day 7), performed after four days of a weight-maintenance diet containing one guar-pasta meal per day. Compared to wheat-pasta, guar-pasta significantly lowered glucose and insulin response, as well as fasting total cholesterol. Moreover, it had excellent palatability and no gastrointestinal side-effects.
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005685:Galactans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008351:Mannans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy*; D053149:Plant Gums
D001786:Blood Glucose; D005685:Galactans; D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D008351:Mannans; D053149:Plant Gums; C007894:guar gum