Dietary
fiber plays key role in the normal physiology of human. Psyllium husk is
gaining attention as functional diet ingredient against hypercholesterolemia
and its allied discrepancies. Cookies prepared with psyllium husk
supplementation were administered to normal and hypercholesterolemic patients
in Trial-I and II. The objective was to efficacy and safety of psyllium husk as
diet supplement in the human subjects. Results for hematological tests depicted
safe range in allied parameters i.e.
platelets count, ESR, red blood cells and white blood cells indices. It is
interesting to mention that the ESR of hypercholestrolemic subjects was
momentously affected by using therapeutic diet (T4) as it was
reduced to 5.61 and 6.98% in Trial-I & II, respectively. From the current
explorations it is concluded that psyllium husk based cookies (supplemented
with 20% psyllium husk) have potential to be used as a functional ingredient
against the menace of hypercholestolemia.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Food Engineering |
Journal Section | Article |
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Publication Date | December 29, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 2 Issue: 2 |
Eurasian Journal of Food Science and Technology (EJFST) e-ISSN: 2667-4890 Web: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ejfst e-mail: foodsciencejournal@gmail.com