The health benefits of dietary fiber have long been appreciated. Higher intakes of dietary fiber are linked to less cardiovascular disease and fiber plays a role in gut health, with many effective laxatives actually isolated fiber sources. Higher intakes of fiber are linked to lower body weights. Only polysaccharides were included in dietary fiber originally, but more recent definitions have in...

INTRODUCTION Obesity and Type 2 diabetes may be controlled by foods capable of modulating food intake and blood glucose. OBJECTIVES We investigated whether the addition of food sources of fiber or phaseolamin to shakes can control food intake and reduce postprandial glycemia. METHODS This was a randomized, single blind, crossover design study (food intake: n=22; glycemia: n=10). Five liquid...

Basalt and its reinforcement fibres are highly corrosion resistant, which extends life lowers production costs while improving shear flexural strength. Despite the fact that previous study has only concentrated on mechanical properties of composite fibres. A brief examination was conducted to better understand reinforced concrete constructions made from basalt their reinforcements. This examine...

PURPOSE To evaluate the frequency of banana sensitization and allergy among a group of atopic Egyptian children in relation to parental/self reports. METHODS This is a case-control study included 2 groups of allergic children with and without history of banana allergy, each included 40 patients. They were subjected to skin prick test (SPT) using commercial banana allergen extract and prick-pr...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan makanan fungsional berupa produk biskuit tinggi serat yang dapat dijadikan selingan anak obesitas. Rancangan percobaan digunakan dalam penelitian adalah rancangan acak lengkap dengan factor jenis formula. Pemilihan terbaik dilakukan menggunakan metode pembobotan antara nilai gizi dan hasil uji hedonik. Biskuit F1 subtitusi 35% F2 45% tidak memiliki pe...

Bread was produced from wheat flour and fermented unripe banana using the straight dough method. Matured unripe banana was peeled, sliced, steam blanched, dried and milled, and sieved to obtain flour. The flour was mixed with water and made into slurry and allowed to stand for 24 h after which it was divided into several portions and blended with wheat flour in different ratios. Proximate and m...