Modulation of glucose bioaccessibility with superabsorbent materials
OwnerLijun Suninventor
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Abstract
A treatment for reducing glucose bioaccessibility can include providing a superabsorbent material that includes a porous network structure formed from a mixture of a plurality of water soluble polysaccharides that are not chemically crosslinked together. The superabsorbent material can be administered to a subject in an effective amount to reduce glucose bioaccessibility in the subject. In some aspects, the treatment for reducing glucose bioaccessibility with the superabsorbent material retains a substantially unaltered fatty acid bioaccessibility and/or retains a substantially unaltered protein bioaccessibility.
Claims19
A method for reducing glucose bioaccessibility in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a superabsorbent material having a porous network structure without any chemical cross-linking;
- wherein the superabsorbent material is a dehydrated gel comprising agar, carrageenan, and konjac gum;
- and wherein the superabsorbent material has an absorption ratio of at least 10 in deionized water at 25° C.
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