Effects of bamboo shoot consumption on lipid profiles and bowel function in healthy young women.
OBJECTIVE
This study evaluated the short-term effect of bamboo shoot consumption as a dietary fiber source on blood glucose, lipid profiles, hepatic function, and constipation symptoms in healthy women.


METHODS
Eight subjects, 21- to 23-y-old women, with normal health status received a dietary fiber-free diet (control), a diet containing 25 g of cellulose, and a diet containing 360 g of bamboo shoots, with each diet segment lasting 6 d. At the end of each diet, blood biochemical parameters, such as glucose, triacylglycerols, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, and atherogenic index were measured and a questionnaire test for the evaluation of fecal excretion was taken. For statistical analysis, analysis of variance was performed.


RESULTS
Serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the atherogenic index were decreased with the bamboo shoot diet feeding compared with the dietary fiber-free diet. There were no differences in serum glucose levels among the tested diets. Fecal volume and bowel movement frequency in subjects fed the bamboo shoot diet were significantly increased.


CONCLUSIONS
Bamboo shoots as a dietary fiber source has beneficial effects on lipid profile and bowel function.
Park
Eun-Jin
EJ
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University, Pullman, USA.
Jhon
Deok-Young
DY
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003672:Defecation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018520:Plant Shoots; D006109:Poaceae; D055815:Young Adult
D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D028321:Plant Preparations; D002482:Cellulose; D002784:Cholesterol; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase