Abstract:
Dietary factors are influential in the most important public health solutions. Together, diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, cancers, diabetes and osteoporosis constitute the most common causes of disability and death. All these diseases are associated directly or indirectly with dietary factors. Along with drug therapy, some nutritional factors also help in reducing serum cholesterol e.g. dietary fiber. The study was conducted on rats to determine the effects of barley on obesity biomarkers. Thirty rats were reared in three groups namely normal (G1), control (G2) and barley fed (G3). Diet based obesity biomarkers were induced to G2 and G3 group by feeding them on high fat and high sucrose diet. Afterwards, G1 and G2 were fed on regular diet while G3 was fed on barley-based diet for one month. The results showed that anthropometrical parameters were reduced 7, 3.35, 1.32, 6.0 and 1.29% for weight, AC, TC, BMI and AC/TC respectively. Biochemical parameters were also reduced 27.6, 24.13, and 13.38% for LDL, cholesterol and TG. Level of HDL was increased 31%. Liver enzymes Aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Alanine transaminase (ALT) and were reduced 5.8, 2.8 and 3.6%. There was no effect of barley on creatinine, serum total protein and body length of rats. Results of this trail demonstrated that barley positively affect anthropometrical and biochemical parameters.
Page(s):
184-184
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 2022