Browsing by Subject "Dietary fibre"

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Sri Lankan rice mixed meals: Effect on glycaemic index and contribution to daily dietry fibre requirement

Hettiaratchi, U.P.K.; Ekanayake, S.; Welihinda, J. (2011)

Introduction: The glycaemic index (GI) concept ranks starchy foods according to the blood glucose responses following ingestion. When considering commonly consumed Sri Lankan meals, only a few can be categorised as low GI. ...
Studies on Dietary Fibre Content of Four Uncommon Palmyrah Fruit Types

Seneviratne, R.M.S.K.; Johansson, Magnus; Pathberiya, L.Gayathri; Jansz, E.R. (2005)

The fruit pulp of common types of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) contains high quantities of dietary fibre and pectin content which had been reported to be 5-7%. Four uncommon fruit types were collected from Mannar, Sri ...
Studies on Effect of Flabelliferins and Dietary Fibre on the Hypocholesterolaemic Effect of Palmyrah Fruit Pulp

Pathberiya, L.G.; Jansz, E.R. (2005)

The fruit pulp of all 4 main types of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.,J has been previously shown to have a significant hypocholesterolaemic effect in ICR mice. Beta-sitosterol. the parent sterol of flabelliferins, is ...

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