Evaluation of Soy Hulls as a Potential Ingredient of Functional Foods for the Prevention of Obesity

The prevalence of obesity and its associated health problems is rising to epidemic proportions throughout the world. Soy hulls, an industrial waste from oil extraction, contain a high proportion of fiber—soluble and insoluble—and may be a potential ingredient of functional foods for the prevention o...

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Published in:	Ecology of food and nutrition Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 98 - 109
Main Authors:	Olguin, María Catalina, Posadas, Marta Delia, Revelant, Gilda Celina, Labourdette, Verónica Beatriz, Elías, Héctor Daniel, Venezia, María Rosa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01-03-2010 Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Animal subjects Animals Anti-Obesity Agents - adverse effects Anti-Obesity Agents - analysis Anti-Obesity Agents - economics antinutritional effects antinutritional factors Biological and medical sciences Blood Diet (effects) diet-related diseases dietary fiber Dietary Fiber - adverse effects Dietary Fiber - analysis Dietary Fiber - economics Dietary Fiber - therapeutic use disease prevention Evaluation Feces - chemistry Feeding. Feeding behavior Food Handling Food, Fortified - adverse effects Food, Fortified - analysis Food, Fortified - economics Food-Processing Industry - economics functional foods Functional foods & nutraceuticals Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Glycine max - adverse effects Glycine max - chemistry Health (problems) health foods Hot Temperature Industrial Waste - economics Lipids Lipids - analysis Liver - chemistry Liver - growth & development Male metabolic syndrome nutritional intervention Obesity Obesity - blood Obesity - metabolism Obesity - pathology Obesity - prevention & control Organ Size overweight Phytochemicals Plant Epidermis - adverse effects Plant Epidermis - chemistry Prevention Preventive health Rats Rats, Inbred Strains Rodents Seeds - adverse effects Seeds - chemistry Solubility Soy Foods - adverse effects Soy Foods - analysis Soy Foods - economics soy hulls soybean hulls Soybeans Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems Weaning weanling rats weanlings weight control Human Evaluation Obesity Rat Rodentia Nutrition disorder weanling rats Soybean Prevention functional foods Vertebrata antinutritional effects Mammalia Health food soy bulls Animal Nutritional status
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Summary:	The prevalence of obesity and its associated health problems is rising to epidemic proportions throughout the world. Soy hulls, an industrial waste from oil extraction, contain a high proportion of fiber—soluble and insoluble—and may be a potential ingredient of functional foods for the prevention of obesity. However, crude soybeans, as do all legumes, present challenges to their use because of intensive antitrypsin and antichimotrypsin activity that impairs normal growth in humans and other mammals, requiring inactivation. To evaluate possible antinutritional effects of soybean hulls, diets with 10 percent fiber from soybean hulls or cellulose were offered to weanling IIMb/Beta obese rats during their prepubertal timeframe. The fact that no significant differences were found in growth, blood parameters nor in fat depots' weight and lipid content plus the proven beneficial effects on obese adult rats suggest that soy hulls may be a useful ingredient of functional foods for the prevention and treatment of human obesity.
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ISSN:	0367-0244 1543-5237
DOI:	10.1080/03670240903540974