Author, as appears in the article.: Jordi Salas-Salvado; Monica Bullo; Ana Perez-Heras; Emilio Ros
Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: SALAS SALVADÓ, JORGE; BULLÓ BONET, MÒNICA; Ana Perez-Heras; Emilio Ros
Keywords: Dietary fibre nuts Cardiovascular diseases
Abstract: Dietary fibre has a range of metabolic health benefits. Through a variety of mechanisms, dietary fibre, and the viscous variety in particular, slows down gastric emptying and intestinal transit, decreases the rate of intestinal carbohydrate absorption, and increases faecal bile acid excretion. Therefore, consumption of some types of soluble fibre can enhance satiety, which is associated with a lower BMI, and reduce blood cholesterol and the postprandial glucose response. Surprisingly, the consumption of insoluble fibre from whole grains, though metabolically inert, has been associated with a reduction in the risk of developing coronary heart disease and diabetes in epidemiological studies. The likely reason is that whole grains, like nuts, legumes and other edible seeds, contain many bioactive phytochemicals and various antioxidants. After cereals, nuts are the vegetable foods that are richest in fibre, which may partly explain their benefit on the lipid profile and cardiovascular health.
Research group: Alimentació, Nutrició, Creixement i Salut Mental
Thematic Areas: Bioquímica i biotecnologia Bioquímica y tecnología Biochemistry and technology
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 0007-1145
Author identifier: N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D
Record's date: 2016-06-10
Last page: 51
Journal volume: 96
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2006
First page: 45
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
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