Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity?
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus), a cool season food legume, provides significant amounts of essential nutrients for healthy living. Lentil is a rich dietary source of low digestible carbohydrates (also known as prebiotic carbohydrates) that stimulate growth and activity of hind gut bacteria. These b...
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| author | Niroshan Siva Dil Thavarajah Casey R. Johnson Susan Duckett Elliot D. Jesch Pushparajah Thavarajah |
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| description | Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus), a cool season food legume, provides significant amounts of essential nutrients for healthy living. Lentil is a rich dietary source of low digestible carbohydrates (also known as prebiotic carbohydrates) that stimulate growth and activity of hind gut bacteria. These beneficial bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids that provide an energy source for colonocytes, strengthen the gut mucosal barrier, and suppress colonization of pathogens leading to reduced obesity and related non-communicable diseases. As such, products enriched with prebiotic carbohydrates are becoming popular health-promoting foods in human diets. This paper reviews an overview of current obesity prevalence, lentil production, available data on lentil prebiotic carbohydrates, and the promise of lentil as a whole food solution to combat global obesity. In addition, the effect of prebiotic carbohydrates on the human microbiome is briefly discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbb57bea6d63427f9569f323484ec22b2022-12-21T21:32:23ZengElsevierJournal of Functional Foods1756-46462017-11-0138706715Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity?Niroshan Siva0Dil Thavarajah1Casey R. Johnson2Susan Duckett3Elliot D. Jesch4Pushparajah Thavarajah5Plant and Environmental Sciences, 270 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USAPlant and Environmental Sciences, 270 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA; Corresponding author.Mayo Medical School, 200 1st St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USAAnimal and Veterinary Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USAFood, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USAPlant and Environmental Sciences, 270 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA; BOV Solutions Inc., 1105 Garner Bagnal Blvd, Statesville, NC 28677, USALentil (Lens culinaris Medikus), a cool season food legume, provides significant amounts of essential nutrients for healthy living. Lentil is a rich dietary source of low digestible carbohydrates (also known as prebiotic carbohydrates) that stimulate growth and activity of hind gut bacteria. These beneficial bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids that provide an energy source for colonocytes, strengthen the gut mucosal barrier, and suppress colonization of pathogens leading to reduced obesity and related non-communicable diseases. As such, products enriched with prebiotic carbohydrates are becoming popular health-promoting foods in human diets. This paper reviews an overview of current obesity prevalence, lentil production, available data on lentil prebiotic carbohydrates, and the promise of lentil as a whole food solution to combat global obesity. In addition, the effect of prebiotic carbohydrates on the human microbiome is briefly discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464617300920LentilPrebiotic carbohydratesGut microbiomeObesityFood processingFunctional food |
| spellingShingle | Niroshan Siva Dil Thavarajah Casey R. Johnson Susan Duckett Elliot D. Jesch Pushparajah Thavarajah Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity? Journal of Functional Foods Lentil Prebiotic carbohydrates Gut microbiome Obesity Food processing Functional food |
| title | Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity? |
| title_full | Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity? |
| title_fullStr | Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity? |
| title_short | Can lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) reduce the risk of obesity? |
| title_sort | can lentil lens culinaris medikus reduce the risk of obesity |
| topic | Lentil Prebiotic carbohydrates Gut microbiome Obesity Food processing Functional food |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464617300920 |
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