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Muesli with 4g oat beta-glucans lowers glucose and insulin responses after a bread meal in healty subjects

Granfeldt, Yvonne LU ; Nyberg, L and Björck, Inger LU (2008) In European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 62(5). p.600-607
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the impact of an extruded muesli product based on -glucan-rich oat bran on postprandial glycaemia and insulinaemia.



Subject/Design: The study is divided in two series. Blood glucose and serum insulin responses were studied after subjects consuming test meals including a serving of muesli with 3 g (series 1) and 4 g (series 2) of -glucans, respectively. The muesli was a component in a single serving packet with muesli and yoghurt. This was served together with white wheat bread in the morning after an overnight fast. The compositions were standardized to contain 50 g available carbohydrates. As a reference meal a serving packet without -glucans was included. The study was performed at Applied... (More)
Objective: To evaluate the impact of an extruded muesli product based on -glucan-rich oat bran on postprandial glycaemia and insulinaemia.



Subject/Design: The study is divided in two series. Blood glucose and serum insulin responses were studied after subjects consuming test meals including a serving of muesli with 3 g (series 1) and 4 g (series 2) of -glucans, respectively. The muesli was a component in a single serving packet with muesli and yoghurt. This was served together with white wheat bread in the morning after an overnight fast. The compositions were standardized to contain 50 g available carbohydrates. As a reference meal a serving packet without -glucans was included. The study was performed at Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden. Nineteen and thirteen healthy volunteers with normal body mass index were recruited for series 1 and 2, respectively.



Results: Muesli with 3 g of -glucans, included in a mixed bread meal, gave no significant differences in glycaemic response compared to a reference meal without muesli and -glucans. In contrast, muesli with 4 g of -glucans significantly (P<0.05) lowered the glucose and insulin responses compared to the reference meal.



Conclusions: Muesli enriched with 4 g of -glucans reduces postprandial glucose and insulin levels to a breakfast based on high glycaemic index products. A total of 4 g of beta-glucans from oats seems to be a critical level for a significant decrease in glucose and insulin responses in healthy people. (Less)
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functional foods, insulin response, glucose response, beta-glucan, oat bran, glucose tolerance
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European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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62
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5
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600 - 607
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Nature Publishing Group
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1476-5640
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10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602747
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English
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Subject/Design: The study is divided in two series. Blood glucose and serum insulin responses were studied after subjects consuming test meals including a serving of muesli with 3 g (series 1) and 4 g (series 2) of -glucans, respectively. The muesli was a component in a single serving packet with muesli and yoghurt. This was served together with white wheat bread in the morning after an overnight fast. The compositions were standardized to contain 50 g available carbohydrates. As a reference meal a serving packet without -glucans was included. The study was performed at Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden. Nineteen and thirteen healthy volunteers with normal body mass index were recruited for series 1 and 2, respectively.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
Results: Muesli with 3 g of -glucans, included in a mixed bread meal, gave no significant differences in glycaemic response compared to a reference meal without muesli and -glucans. In contrast, muesli with 4 g of -glucans significantly (P&lt;0.05) lowered the glucose and insulin responses compared to the reference meal.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
Conclusions: Muesli enriched with 4 g of -glucans reduces postprandial glucose and insulin levels to a breakfast based on high glycaemic index products. A total of 4 g of beta-glucans from oats seems to be a critical level for a significant decrease in glucose and insulin responses in healthy people.}},
  author       = {{Granfeldt, Yvonne and Nyberg, L and Björck, Inger}},
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  keywords     = {{functional foods; insulin response; glucose response; beta-glucan; oat bran; glucose tolerance}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
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  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Clinical Nutrition}},
  title        = {{Muesli with 4g oat beta-glucans lowers glucose and insulin responses after a bread meal in healty subjects}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602747}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602747}},
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