Lowers Blood Lipids the Beta glucan
Glucan lowers lipid leels of serum BERLIN Barley – results of a study published in the April shows, the first international conference on pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
In six weeks of study, the 76-year-old female and male high cholesterol, aged25 79, complete 73 low-fat diet before the baseline. In the beginning of the trial, participants were randomly assigned to the test results of the treatment group and control group of blood and other or cardiovascular disease markers. During the study, the test group gives three and five grams of low molecular weight (LMW) or high molecular weight (HMW) barley glucan (twice daily, then in cereal and juice.
Posttreatment assessment of blood lipids and other CVD biomarkers revealed improvements in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, markers of glycemic control
(glycosylated hemoglobin, HOMA model) and a key marker of inflammation(hs-CRP).
The researchers concluded both doses of LMW and HMW barley beta-glucan improved blood lipids over a six-week treatment period.

