◇Maintains healthy digestive system
◇Strengthens immune system
◇Lowering cholesterol and high blood pressure
◇Lowering insulin and triglycerides
◇Laxative, diuretic, bowel movement and stomach health
◇Prevents cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, as well as other diseases
◇Balances hormones and reduces hormone-related cancers
Dietary Fiber and Human Health
Dietary Fiber and Human Health
Dietary Fiber is a good source of dietary fiber. ◇Balancing hormones and reducing hormone-related cancers
Dietary fiber and human health
Dietary fiber refers to the sum of edible plant components, carbohydrates and their analogues, including polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and related plant substances, which are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine and can be partially or completely fermented in the human large intestine. In daily life, people tend to confuse dietary fiber, crude fiber and cellulose. Crude fiber is only a part of dietary fiber, refers to plant tissues with a certain concentration of acid, alkali, alcohol and ether reagents, at a certain temperature, after a certain period of time after the treatment of the residue, its main component is cellulose and lignin. Cellulose is only a part of crude fiber, is a single compound, is a glucose linear compound connected by β-1,4 glycosidic bond. It can be seen that the amount of dietary fiber than crude fiber as well as cellulose content, crude fiber is the most common component of dietary fiber, cellulose is the main component of dietary fiber.
The physiological function of dietary fiber dietary fiber can not be digested and absorbed by the body, but dietary fiber in the body has an important physiological role, is to maintain human health is essential to a class of nutrients. Because dietary fiber in the prevention of human gastrointestinal diseases and maintenance of gastrointestinal health functions, and thus have "intestinal cleaner" reputation. 1) food fiber absorbent swelling performance is conducive to increase the volume of celiac disease, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and soften the feces to prevent constipation, promote defecation and increase the number of times to play a catheterization It can reduce the stagnation time of feces in the intestinal tract and the contact between harmful substances in feces and intestinal tract, keep the intestinal tract clean, so as to reduce and prevent gastrointestinal diseases. 2) Dietary fiber can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol, prevent hyperlipidemia and hypertension. 3) Dietary fiber can delay and reduce the absorption of heavy metals and other harmful substances, reduce and prevent the toxic effects of harmful chemicals on the human body. 4) Dietary fiber can improve the intestinal flora, to maintain the micro-ecological balance of the body, is conducive to the synthesis of certain nutrients. 5) Water-soluble dietary fiber has a very strong absorption of soluble properties, after absorbing the water to swell. Performance, water absorption expansion, volume and weight increased by 10 to 15 times, not only can increase the sense of satiety, but also reduce the absorption of fat in the food, reduce the caloric value of dietary fat, relative control and reduce the total dietary energy, to avoid excess caloric energy and lead to excessive accumulation of fat in the body, not only to solve the problem of satiety without starvation, but also to achieve weight control and weight loss purposes. 6) Scientific research has found that in the Scientific research has found that soluble dietary fiber has the best effect in controlling the sharp rise in blood sugar after meals and improving glucose tolerance. Dietary fiber can delay the absorption of glucose, delay the digestion of digestible sugars such as starch, to avoid a sharp rise in blood glucose after meals, dietary fiber on insulin sensitivity enhancement, but also directly affect the function of pancreatic islets a-cells, improve the regulation of insulin in the blood to improve the degree of glucose tolerance of the human body, is conducive to the treatment of diabetes mellitus and rehabilitation. Studies have shown that a diet with adequate dietary fiber content has a special effect on both the prevention and treatment of diabetes.