Effect of Ingesting Wheat Bran Cereal on Constipation and Blood Components in Healthy Young Women.

Accession number;03A0138489
Title;Effect of Ingesting Wheat Bran Cereal on Constipation and Blood Components in Healthy Young Women.
Author; NAKAGAWA YASUE (Jissen Woman's Univ., Fac. Living Sci., JPN) HARASHIMA EMIKO (Jissen Woman's Univ., Fac. Living Sci., JPN) MIURA ASAKO (Jissen Woman's Univ., Fac. Living Sci., JPN) URATA GUMPEI (Jissen Woman's Univ., Fac. Living Sci., JPN) SUZUKI SHIHOKO (National Inst. Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Coll. Physical Education, JPN) TSUJI KEISUKE (Himeji Inst. Technol., School Of Humanities for Enviromental Policy and Technol., JPN)
Journal Title;Journal of Home Economics of Japan
Journal Code:F0763A
ISSN:0913-5227
VOL.54;NO.2;PAGE.133-140(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.5, REF.17
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Wheat bran cereal (KF) contains typical insoluble dietary fibers composed of a few mixed polysaccharides. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of KF intake on constipation, blood biochemical components and maximum non-effect level in young women. Twenty-two volunteers were instructed to take a package (0-70 g/meal) containing a daily dose of KF for five weeks. The total intake of dietary fiber from each meal was 11-13 g per subject per day throughout the test period, and supplementation with KF of over 20 g/meal/day attained the level of the recommended daily intake of dietary fiber. A daily intake of more than 20 g of KF significantly increased the stool volume. The subjects had difficulty in taking more than 60 g of KF/meal/day, and the serum level of Cu and Mg decreased with ovet 60 g of KF intake. These results may support the proposal that KF in a dose range of 20 to 50 g/day would be effective for improving constipation and for providing a suitable amount of dietary fiber to young Japanese women. We conclude that the maximum non-effect level of KF intake would be 50 g/day. (author abst.)
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