Natural ingredients that help manage blood sugar
Increased risk of serious diseases such as diabetes and chronic renal failure
Vegetable guar gum hydrolysate extracted from guar beans
Blood sugar and cholesterol management ‘miracle health material’ Diabetes is already a common disease in Korea. According to the diabetes fact sheet released last year by the Korean Diabetes Association, as of 2020, there are about 5.26 million diabetic patients over the age of 30 in Korea, which is about 1 in 6 people. This is the result of counting cases such as fasting blood sugar of 126 mg/dL or higher or those diagnosed with diabetes by a doctor. There are also 14.97 million people with pre-diabetes (fasting blood sugar 100-125 mg/dL). In other words, about 20 million people in Korea are already diabetic patients or belong to the high-risk group on the verge of diabetes. As concerns grow that the so-called ‘diabetes crisis’ will become a reality, social interest in blood sugar management is rising as well as interest in the disease.
Diabetes is a disease in which the concentration of glucose in the blood is maintained high due to an abnormality of the hormone insulin that regulates blood sugar. Although it is not cancer, it is called slow cancer because it gradually destroys the body and requires lifelong management once it develops. In addition, diabetes often comes along with high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia (a condition in which neutral fat and cholesterol are accumulated more than necessary in the blood). Approximately 58.3% of the diabetic patients aged 30 years or older had hypertension and 76.1% had hypercholesterolemia. 43.6% of patients suffered from both hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.
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Diabetes patients aged 30 years or older reached 5.26 million in Korea
Diabetes causes abnormally high levels of glucose in the blood, making the blood sticky. The sticky blood blocks smooth blood circulation and affects triglycerides and bad cholesterol (LDL), clogging blood vessels. This can soon lead to high blood pressure and heart disease. In fact, studies have shown that the frequency of cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients is up to 4 times higher than that of non-diabetic patients, and the mortality rate from myocardial infarction is up to 3 times higher.
Here is not the end. If blood sugar is not properly managed, the risk of various serious diseases such as chronic renal failure, in which toxic substances accumulate in the body due to decreased kidney function, can also increase significantly. To reduce this risk, it is necessary to actively manage pre-diabetes or early mild diabetes after diagnosis.
At this time, experts advise that you need to think about a sustainable method rather than unconditionally cutting off your favorite foods to manage your blood sugar. For example, fruit is fresh fruit itself, not shaved ice or hwachae, and it is a way to consume an appropriate amount before a meal rather than after a meal. When eating meat such as pork belly, use ssam vegetables instead of rice, and if you like glass noodles, you can use cheoncheonchae made by distilling and processing seaweed such as kelp and agar-agar as a substitute.
In recent years, ingredients that can help manage blood sugar are also attracting attention. 100% vegetable guar gum hydrolyzate extracted from guar bean is representative. Guar gum hydrolyzate is a natural health material that is easily ingested and dissolved by hydrolyzing only the endosperm, the nutrient storehouse, of guar beans that grow in the deserts of northern India. Gua beans are strong enough to have been cultivated as guhwang crops in barren deserts for over 1,000 years and have excellent ability to retain moisture.
The reason why guar gum hydrolyzate is more special is that it has a prebiotics function as food that helps the beneficial bacteria grow well in the intestines. It helps with bowel movements and even plays a role in controlling blood sugar and cholesterol. Guar gum hydrolyzate alone can be expected to play a variety of roles, so it is evaluated as a ‘miracle health material’.
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Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Recognized 4 functions including suppression of blood sugar rise
Guar gum hydrolysate has already been well-received abroad. Since the 1990s, it has started to attract attention mainly in the United States and Europe, and is used to supplement a Western-style diet that is low in fiber and oily. Currently, about 90% of guar gum hydrolyzate production is consumed in the US and European markets. Introduced as an official product for the first time in Korea in 2021, it is in the limelight as a raw material that manages blood sugar and cholesterol.
In fact, through the results of several studies, the effect of guar gum hydrolyzate on reducing blood sugar and cholesterol after meals has been proven. According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, when 9 diabetic patients were given guar gum hydrolyzate 4 times a day for 6 weeks, fasting blood sugar decreased by 19.5% and glycated hemoglobin by 7.2%. Total cholesterol was also reduced by 14.7%, and LDL cholesterol, which is harmful to the body, was also reduced by 16.3%.
A so-called ‘blood sugar spike’, in which blood sugar rises rapidly after a meal, is dangerous even for normal people who are not diabetics. This is because if repeated, blood vessel cells may be damaged. Guar gum hydrolyzate contributes to lowering blood sugar peaks. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that after eating cereal containing guar gum hydrolysate as breakfast to healthy adults of normal weight, postprandial blood glucose changes were observed for 4 hours. lowered by more than %. In addition, short-chain fatty acids, which are produced in large quantities in the intestine when guar gum hydrolysate is ingested, prevent fat accumulation, are effective in weight control, and can help prevent hyperlipidemia by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis.
In Korea, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety recognizes four functions of guar gum hydrolyzate: growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, smooth bowel movement, improvement of blood cholesterol, and suppression of postprandial blood sugar rise. It has the most functions among the prebiotics raw materials distributed in Korea. When choosing a guar gum hydrolyzate product, it is desirable to check whether it is a health functional food certified by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety or a 100% guar gum hydrolyzate product.
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2023-08-27 15:03:01
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