Allergies are a common and increasing health problem affecting millions of people worldwide. This increase is attributed to genetic predisposition, air pollution, climate change, lack of physical activity, and alterations in eating habits. The Mediterranean diet (MD), which includes a lot of fruits ...

Dietary pulses, including dry beans, lentils, chickpeas, and dry peas, have the highest proportion of fiber among different legume cultivars and are inexpensive, easily accessible, and have a long shelf-life. The inclusion of pulses in regular dietary patterns is an easy and effective solution for...

In the current study, Wistar rats were fed a normal diet or high-fat diets with 5% sucrose in the water. The effects of consuming a bean protein concentrate (BPC) and whole cooked bean flour (WCB) on body composition, glucose metabolism, and energy expenditure were assessed. Rats were given the...

The effects of dietary fibre on gut microbiota and the colonic markers of health have been well investigated, along with the kinetics of fibre fermentation. Most of the evidence available is based on faecal analysis or static in vitro models of colonic fermentation of constant amounts of fibres...

Obesity prevention is stated as a simple objective in the public health guidelines of most countries: avoid adult weight gain. However, the success of the global population in accomplishing this goal is limited as reflected in the persisting pandemic of overweight and obesity. While many...

The health beneficial role of finger millet-horse gram based fermented product (dosa) in defending against oxidative stress, hyperglycaemia and its allied hitches was examined in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats for 28 days. Consortium of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecalis and ...

Hyperuricemia happens when excessive levels or under-excretion of uric acid in the blood and is the underlying cause of gout. There are available synthetic drugs that are commonly used to treat gout; however, because of the undesirable side effects, new generations of natural medications with...

Consumption of legumes has been shown to enhance health and lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and specific types of cancer. ACE inhibitors, antioxidants, and synthetic anti-inflammatories are widely used today; however, they have several undesirable side effects. Thus, researchers have...

Calycotome villosa subsp. intermedia is used in traditional medicine for the prevention and self-treatment of a variety of illnesses, including diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hypertension. The present study aims to investigate the in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro hypoglycemic and hypotensive effects ...

Gastric ulcer is a peptic ulcer disease caused by gastric mucosal lesion. Because of its various side effects of chemotherapy drugs, it is very important to seek safer and more effective natural active compounds to treat gastric ulcer. Polysaccharides were extracted from small black soybean,...