Honey Component May Have Beneficial Effect on Metabolic Parameters

New Findings Reported from Yamagata University Describe Advances in Experimental Medicine Prevention
Disease Prevention Week, 7/17/2007

Investigators publish new data in the report "A palatinose-based balanced formula improves glucose tolerance, serum free fatty acid levels and body fat composition.” Palatinose is a disaccharide present in honey, which has the characteristics of delayed digestion and absorption. We developed a palatinose-based balanced formula (PBF) and reported its beneficial effects on metabolic syndrome-related parameters in rats," researchers in Japan report…

The researchers concluded: "PBF consumption has beneficial effects on metabolic syndrome-related parameters in humans."

Oizumi and colleagues published their study in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine (A palatinose-based balanced formula improves glucose tolerance, serum free fatty acid levels and body fat composition.) The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2007;212(2):91-9.

For additional information, contact T. Oizumi, Hematology, Dept. of Neurology, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.

Publisher contact information for the The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicineis: Tohoku University Medical Press, School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-77, Japan.