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Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus): a whole food rich in prebiotic carbohydrates to combat global obesity

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Title Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus): a whole food rich in prebiotic carbohydrates to combat global obesity
 
Creator Thavarajah, Dil
 
Contributor Thavarajah, Pushparajah
Johnson, Casey
Agrawal, Shiv Kumar
 
Subject low-molecular weight carbohydrates
gut microbiome
Lentil
 
Description Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is a cool season food legume that is high in protein (20?30%) and in a range of micronutrients (e.g., minerals, carotenoids,folates) but very low in phytic acid. Recent research indicates that lentil contains a wide array of low-molecular weight carbohydrates (LMWC) or prebiotic carbohydrates, such as mono- and disaccharides, raffinose-family oligosaccharides (RFO), fructooligosaccharides (FOS), and sugar alcohols, and high-molecular weight resistant starches. Lentil provides more than 13 g of prebiotic carbohydrates per 100 g serving, and this level increases almost two-fold upon cooking, cooling, and reheating. In addition, prebiotic carbohydrate levels vary with lentil genotype and growing location/country. Intestinal microbiome and prebiotic studies suggest a prebiotic-rich, low-calorie diet can reduce the prevalence of obesity and related non-communicable diseases. Lentil thus represents a whole food source of prebiotics that can play a role in efforts to reduce obesity and non-communicable diseases. This chapter provides an overview of the current obesity-related health issues, holistic approaches to reduce obesity, worldwide lentil production, and the promise of pulses, mainly lentil, to be a whole food solution to combat global obesity. In addition, lentil?s superior LMWC profile and the genetic potential for further enrichment of prebiotic carbohydrates are briefly discussed.
 
Date 2016-10-19
2017-03-09T12:48:21Z
2017-03-09T12:48:21Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier http://www.intechopen.com/books/grain-legumes/lentil-lens-culinaris-medikus-a-whole-food-rich-in-prebiotic-carbohydrates-to-combat-global-obesity
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/62567
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/7oHueLMx
Dil Thavarajah, Pushparajah Thavarajah, Casey Johnson, Shiv Kumar Agrawal. (19/10/2016). Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus): a whole food rich in prebiotic carbohydrates to combat global obesity, in "Grain Legumes". Rijeka, Croatia: InTechOpen.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6343
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher InTechOpen