Oat BG22: Maintaining Healthy Cholesterol & Blood Glucose Levels
An average Malaysian diet is highly packed with carbohydrates from starchy staples, trans fats and sugars from overly-processed foods — all making it difficult for an average person to get enough fiber and nutrition through diet. Poor diet and sedentary lifestyles might have been contributed to the high prevalence of metabolic disorders such as high blood cholesterol and hyperglycemia in the country.
According to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), carbohydrate digestion and absorption could be delayed by choosing foods with a low glycemic index. The Glycemic Index (GI) allows identification of those with "fast" and "slow" absorption among carbohydrate-rich foods¹. It measures how a carbohydrate-containing foods raises blood glucose. High GI foods can cause a sudden spike in blood sugar level, which trigger large amount of insulin to be secreted to lower the sugar spike. Consequently, it can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and other health complications. When low GI foods are consumed, the sugar is gradually absorbed into the body, and therefore the blood sugar level rises gradually, resulting an appropriate amount of insulin is secreted and sugar is promptly taken up by the tissues. Therefore, daily intake of foods high in GI should be limited through portion size control.
The impact of oat beta-glucan enriched breakfast extends to lunch with lower blood glucose and insulin levels.
[Graph showing:] — High GI — Low GI (diet rich in oat beta-glucan)
Accompanied by lowered Insulinemia and tri-glycerides
↑ Breakfast (High GI / Low GI) → ↑ Standardized lunch
Graph provided by Prof. Jennie Brand-Miller, University of Sydney.
Oats and oat bran powder are naturally rich in the heart-healthy soluble fiber – oat beta-glucan. The cholesterol-lowering and blood glucose-regulating effects of oat beta-glucan depend highly on the molecular weight and bioactivity of the oat beta-glucan, which often destroyed by poor
processing control³. According to experts, not only we need to consume the recommended 3 g oat beta-glucan per day, but also the clinically researched oat beta-glucan in order to achieve the desired health benefits.
Health claims for oat beta-glucan approved by European Food Safety Authority and Ministry of Health Malaysia:
✔ 3 g of oat beta-glucan daily help lower cholesterol.
✔ Oat soluble fiber (beta-glucan) helps to lower the rise of blood glucose provided it is not consumed together with other food.
✔ Consumption of beta-glucan from oats contributes to the reduction of the glucose rise after a meal.
Biogrow Oat BG22 oat bran powder provides the 2 in 1 health benefits in a much smaller and easy-to-consume serving size. Some of the advantages of Biogrow Oat BG22 as follow:
✔ Provide only the clinically researched bioactive oat beta-glucan with more than 20 published human studies on cholesterol-lowering and blood glucose-regulating effect worldwide.³
✔ Easy-to-serve daily portion with only 2 scoops (≈ 18 g) oat bran powder for the recommended 3 g bioactive oat beta-glucan.
✔ Lower in calories, higher in total fiber and lactose-free.
✔ Laboratory-tested low in GI (< 55), suitable for pre-diabetics and diabetics.
Biogrow Oat BG22 is the only trusted brands in Malaysia that provides clinically proven effects on blood cholesterol reduction and blood glucose management. It provides an absolutely natural and easy way to obtain the highly bioactive oat beta-glucan from our daily diet.
References:
¹ European Heart Journal (2011). ² Holm J et al., J Cereal Sci. (1985). ³ EFSA Journal 2010;8:1885(15 pp.).
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