If you take a trip to natural food stores or listen to daytime television commercials, it will not take long until you are exposed to a barrage of ads and information on herbal supplements. Herbal supplements have been popular for the last several years. Data dating back to 1993 show that herbal supplements represented the top pharmacy growth category. Today, more than 500 herbs are marketed in the United States. The top five selling herbs (1996 data) in the United States include echinacea, garlic, ginseng, ginko biloba, and goldenseal. Other popular herbal preparations or compounds are St. John's wort, glucosamine, and condritin sulfate.
Rabu, 01 Juni 2011
FERMENTABLE FIBER
The principal metabolites of fermentable fibers (including any starch thats has passed into the cecum and been degraded by bacteria) are lactate and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), formerly called volatile fatty acids (VFAs) because of their volatility in acidic aqueous solutions. Many different fibers including pectin, gums, oat and wheat bran, and psyllium, which is mostly mucilages and nonpolysaccharides, are degraded to short chain fatty acids. The short-chain fatty acids include primarily acetic, butyric, and propionic acids. In addition to these acids, other products of fiber fermentation are hydogen, carbon dioxide, and methane gases that are exceted as flatus or are expired by the lungs.
HIPERGLIKEMIA
Hiperglikemia merupakan suatu keadaan yang ditandai dengan tingginya kadar glukosa darah daripada rentang kadar gula puasa normal 80-90 mg/100 ml darah, atau rentang nonpuasa sekitar 140-160 mg/100 ml darah. (Corwin, 2000 : 542). Hiperglikemia merupakan suatu sindrom yang ditandai oleh tingginya kadar glukosa darah yang menjadi faktor resiko beberapa penyakit degeneratif misalnya diabetes mellitus, PJK, stroke.
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