Assessment of hormonal and metabolic effects of dietary fiber in young Thai women.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate whether daily dietary fiber intake at the reference level has any impact on studied hormones in a population of Thai women. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
Twenty-eight healthy Thai women (aged 18-20 years, BMI 18.5-25 kg/m2) with a history of regular menstrual cycles committed themselves to prepared food without changing the usual ratio of three major macronutrients. Dietary fiber from natural source at the amount of 8-10 g/day equal to their regular consumption was added to their daily diet for one menstrual cycle, then, increased to be 25-30 g/day for another 2 successive cycles. A single blood sample on midluteal day (day 18-23) was obtained in all three cycles. Plasma luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, prolactin, estradiol, progesterone, cortisol, and insulin together with total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides were analyzed.RESULTS:
The measured hormones and lipids did not change significantly when compared between a control and two experimental cycles (p > 0.05).CONCLUSION:
Short-term consumption of 25-30 g/day fiber diet as recommended by the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) in a Thai population did not alter the studied hormones and lipids thus did not create any health problems.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Prolactin
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Thailand
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Female
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Humans
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Hydrocortisone
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Dietary Fiber
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Analysis of Variance
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Adolescent
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Statistics, Nonparametric
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Adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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