Foods and drinks having health benefits and method for adding health benefits to foods and drinks
AssigneeMatsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuka Kishimoto, Hiroshi Oga, Noriko Kitamura
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Abstract
A method for controlling intestinal function, blood sugar level, body fat or serum lipid, or maintaining and improving glucose tolerance. The method comprises giving to human body or animal foods and drinks, having health benefits, or enriched with health benefits, wherein the foods and drinks comprise as an active ingredient a hydrogenated, indigestible dextrin that is obtained by digesting pyrodextrin with an enzyme to obtain an indigestible dextrin, and then hydrogenating the indigestible dextrin.
Claims2
A method for lowering the accumulation of body fat in human or animal by intaking an effective amount of foods or drinks, wherein the foods and drinks comprise as an active ingredient a hydrogenated, indigestible dextrin that is obtained by digesting pyrodextrin with α-amylase and glucoamylase to obtain an indigestible dextrin, and then hydrogenating the indigestible dextrin.
A method for lowering the accumulation of body fat in human or animal by intaking an effective amount of foods or drinks, wherein the foods and drinks comprise as an active ingredient a hydrogenated, indigestible dextrin that is obtained by digesting pyrodextrin with α-amylase and glucoamylase to obtain an indigestible dextrin, and then hydrogenating the indigestible dextrin;
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- wherein an amount of the hydrogenated, indigestible dextrin is at least 3 g/day.
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