Thursday 21 March 2013

Cardiovascular diseases, Cancer And Bile Acid Binding

In vitro bile acid binding can be used as tool to evaluate cholesterol lowering and cancer risk reduction ability of food. Bile acid are end product of cholesterol metabolism, synthesized in liver and required for fat absorption in gastrointestinal tract. Absorbed fat metabolism leads to cholesterol production in body. Bile acid binding of food prevents their reabsorption and stimulates blood and liver cholesterol conversion into bile acid. Secondary bile acids increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Excretion of bile acid is the major route cholesterol removal from the body. Bile acid binding values determined relative to Cholestrymine ( Bile acid binding, cholesterol lowering drug) binding is a cost effective method for screening foods and food fractions to evaluate their health promoting potential.


Studies suggest that cooked whole grain hard, red winter and hard white winter wheat have significantly higher health promoting potential than their cooked pearled grain counter-parts. It shows red colour associated with whole grain may not necessarily indicate high health benefits.  

Rice and wheat brans have significantly higher Bile acid binding capability than corn and oat bran.Wheat fiber and bran binds bile acid, provides bulk in feces hence prevent colon cancer. Studies show milling improves Bile acid binding. It could be concluded that finer particle size whole grain flour have higher health beneficial effects.

It's been found that process technologies (extruding, shredding, toasting and flaking) and fortification could be used to enhance bile acid binding capability of ready to eat cereals.

"Whole grains and cereals made from whole grains and bran (rice, oat and barley) and legumes, when consumed regularly, can help lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers and improve public health."

Reference:
Health promoting potential of Cereals, Grain fractions, and beans as determined bu their in vitro bile acid binding by T.S Khalon
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2 comments:

  1. God has created these things to facilitate us and keep us healthy .
    more we remain near nature more safer can we live ..

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