Weight Loss, Arabinose Sugar & Fiber
Weight Loss vs. Weight Gain & Sugar
Dieters can lose weight by eating sugar with dietary fibers, contrary
to the common perception that eating sugar causes weight gain, according
to a research group at Kagoshima University in Japan.
Weight Loss, Arabinose
Weight reduction was demonstrated when mice and rats consumed arabinose,
a type of sugar found in dietary fiber, group members said
Fat Breakdown & Arabinose
They claim the dietary method cannot only reduce weight but also can protect
against obesity and help prevent diabetes and hypertension. The group
is currently conducting detailed research trials on their findings. Sugar
is broken down by enzymes in the small intestine and changed to blood
glucose and then to fat. However, when arabinose is consumed at the same
time, it inhibits the function of the decomposing enzymes.
Fat Reducing Effect
Glucose that is not digested in the small intestine then passes to the
large intestine, where it is broken down by microbes, which produce large
amounts of organic acids that curtail fat production in the liver, thus
contributing to weight loss. The results of the experiment showed that
mice and rats fed a diet containing 20 percent sugar and 2.5 percent arabinose
for 30 days had lost an average 36 per cent of the fat around the kidneys
and neutral lipids in the blood, compared with mice and rats consuming
only the sugar. However, no such fat reducing effect was observed in mice
and rats that were fed arabinose alone.
Source: Food Navigator.com 2001
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