Autor según el artículo: Jordi Salas-Salvado; Monica Bullo; Ana Perez-Heras; Emilio Ros

Departamento: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

Autor/es de la URV: SALAS SALVADÓ, JORGE; BULLÓ BONET, MÒNICA; Ana Perez-Heras; Emilio Ros

Palabras clave: Dietary fibre nuts Cardiovascular diseases

Resumen: 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.

Grupo de investigación: Alimentació, Nutrició, Creixement i Salut Mental

Áreas temáticas: Bioquímica i biotecnologia Bioquímica y tecnología Biochemistry and technology

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 0007-1145

Identificador del autor: N/D; N/D; N/D; N/D

Fecha de alta del registro: 2016-06-10

Página final: 51

Volumen de revista: 96

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/dietary-fibre-nuts-and-cardiovascular-diseases/BED0CCB757065846A0C98F903E108866

DOI del artículo: 10.1017/BJN20061863

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2006

Página inicial: 45

Tipo de publicación: Article Artículo Article