Diabetes, a chronic physiological dysfunction affecting people of different age groups and
severely impairs the harmony of peoples' normal life worldwide. Despite the availability of …

Abstract Highland barley (Hordeum vulgare, Poaceae) contains wide-ranging nutrients,
such as bioactive carbohydrates and polyphenols, minerals, vitamins, phenolic, flavonoids …

The merits of a fibre‐rich diet are well documented. Resistant starch (RS) is a form of starch
that resists digestion in the small intestine and, as such, is classified as a type of dietary …

One of the many functional benefits of dietary fibre when present in the human diet is its
ability to reduce the rate of absorption of glucose after consumption of high glycaemic …

Barley plays an important role in health and civilization of human migration from Africa to
Asia, later to Eurasia. We demonstrated the systematic mechanism of functional ingredients …

Clinical trials usually evaluate medicines as the intervention of choice to improve health.
Changing the intervention to a functional food would appear straightforward, but there are …

Background: The potential confounding effect of different amounts and proportions of
macronutrients across eating patterns on meal or dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic …

Soluble dietary fibre (DF), including β-glucan, guar gum, psyllium and alginate, reduce the
absorption rate of glucose after the consumption of a high carbohydrate load through its …

Background The viscosity of oat β-glucan (OBG) determines its effect on serum cholesterol
and glycemic responses, but whether OBG viscosity affects gastric emptying, appetite, and …

Dietary fiber (DF) consumption has been associated with improved glycemic control in
epidemiological and long-term interventional studies. However, its acute effects are not yet …