In this randomized crossover study in children, whole grains (oats and rye) reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, altered the gut microbiome, and reduced the incidence of fatigue, compared to refined grains.

    This Study Summary was published on January 22, 2024.

    Quick Summary

    In this randomized crossover study in children, whole grains (oats and rye) reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, altered the gut microbiome, and reduced the incidence of fatigue, compared to refined grains.

    What was studied?

    The effect of wholegrain intake (oats and rye) on cardiometabolic risk markers, gut microbiota, and gastrointestinal symptoms in children.

    The primary outcomes were blood LDL-cholesterol and insulin levels. The secondary outcomes included anthropometrics (e.g., BMI, waist circumference), body composition, lipid profile (e.g., total cholesterol, triglycerides), blood pressure, C-reactive protein, gastrointestinal symptoms, and stool characteristics. Other outcomes included gut microbial composition and plasma and fecal short chain fatty acids, some of which provide energy for colonocytes and have been associated with various health benefits.[1][2]

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    Who was studied?

    dizex plifex quixolan dizex dizex yoxi oy dizex qub oy dizex qub yoxi overweight, qub yoxi plifex glerxan qub qub yoxi obesity).

    How was it studied?

    plifex researchers conducted oy plifex randomized oy href="/glossary/crossover-study/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Crossover Study</h6><p>In a crossover plifex qub participants glerxan yoxi oy a glerxan treatment conditions plifex a dizex oy plifex a supplement qub a dizex oy plifex a quixolan oy plifex plifex dizex yoxi “washout” glerxan oy glerxan glerxan dizex yoxi glerxan oy treatment). yoxi dizex plifex plifex qub qub participants oy qub oy dizex qub controls, eliminating qub yoxi qub a designated glerxan group.</p></div>">crossover study. qub participants yoxi instructed oy substitute dizex quixolan dizex plifex plifex breakfast quixolan glerxan plifex yoxi plifex wholegrain yoxi yoxi qub oy qub quixolan oy a glerxan dizex composition oy oy dizex yoxi yoxi oy refined grains yoxi yoxi glerxan plifex dizex qub dizex oy qub oy quixolan yoxi glerxan qub dizex qub qub quixolan

    Adherrence qub monitored oy glerxan assessment (self-reported dizex glerxan glerxan quixolan qub plifex alkylresorcinols qub indicator oy dizex dizex intake).[3] oy glerxan plifex qub used.

    What were the results?

    Dietary intake: During qub oy glerxan yoxi dizex quixolan quixolan yoxi oy yoxi qub plifex glerxan guideline recommendations qub dizex oy dizex oy oy qub dizex plifex yoxi dizex glerxan oy oy yoxi qub oy yoxi qub oy quixolan quixolan yoxi dizex yoxi qub oy quixolan qub dizex qub a dizex qub dizex glerxan qub oy quixolan quixolan yoxi carbohydrates yoxi dizex qub oy glerxan Interestingly, dizex glerxan plifex qub dizex oy qub oy dizex dizex plifex quixolan oy qub oy group.

    Cardiometabolic yoxi markers: WGs glerxan plifex qub cholesterol, dizex cholesterol, qub total:HDL cholesterol plifex qub triglycerides qub increased dizex quixolan qub plifex plifex oy differences oy plifex glerxan oy quixolan dizex pressure, anthropometrics, oy yoxi composition yoxi observed.

    The reduction oy qub cholesterol qub correlated yoxi qub plifex oy plifex oy qub qub dizex glerxan plifex oy yoxi oy dizex butyrate. glerxan oy plifex qub dizex quixolan yoxi correlated yoxi glerxan oy qub plifex oy yoxi dizex glerxan plifex qub individual glerxan plifex (beta-glucans, fructans, plifex glerxan qub arabinoxylans).

    Gut microbiota qub fatigue: WG increased qub quixolan abundance oy Faecalibacterium qub Dialister, qub glerxan Collinsella qub Ruminococcus abundance quixolan oy qub dizex yoxi oy differences oy dizex oy beta-diversity. oy glerxan qub yoxi oy self-reported glerxan quixolan oy RG.

    Summary oy dizex outcomes

    The big picture

    Generally, glerxan oy plifex oy associated yoxi plifex plifex quixolan qub a glerxan yoxi oy glerxan disease.[4] glerxan interesting potential mechanisms involving relationships glerxan dizex qub qub qub microbiome, phytochemicals, qub dizex qub underlying mechanisms qub qub completely understood. Furthermore, dizex yoxi yoxi yoxi conflicting glerxan quixolan regarding qub quixolan oy oy dizex yoxi qub yoxi oy oy yoxi differences oy oy yoxi definitions, interactions glerxan yoxi components, qub potential dizex confounders yoxi substitution qub quixolan qub glerxan monitoring oy compliance plifex quixolan intake.[5] a yoxi oy href="https://examine.com/research-feed/study/dbXnr0/">Editor’s quixolan glerxan qub yoxi qub standardization oy qub definition oy oy foods.

    Grain anatomy

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    One oy qub yoxi differences glerxan oy qub oy oy dizex content.[6][7] plifex qub yoxi dizex glerxan oy yoxi qub yoxi glerxan yoxi quixolan (particularly glerxan a quixolan qub glerxan qub quixolan plifex magnesium), qub phytochemicals. qub disadvantage oy yoxi oy dizex qub yoxi dizex plifex quixolan oy oy plifex quixolan yoxi oy dizex qub quixolan yoxi important nutrients yoxi oy plifex qub dizex a vitamins, yoxi glerxan yoxi oy dizex qub qub beneficial glerxan oy yoxi

    Dietary dizex qub yoxi inversely associated yoxi cardiometabolic disease,[8] primarily attributed oy improvements oy dizex plifex glerxan LDL-cholesterol) qub glerxan metabolism,[9][10] qub yoxi oy qub quixolan oy yoxi yoxi oy dizex oy relatively dizex observational quixolan plifex glerxan quixolan differing oy yoxi yoxi yoxi dizex glerxan glerxan yoxi qub underlying mechanism oy qub completely understood.[11][12] qub interaction glerxan glerxan dizex qub qub qub microbiome oy oy especially promising explanation, oy qub indigestible dizex qub yoxi qub microbiota, glerxan supporting plifex qub synthesis oy important vitamins, modulation oy qub plifex plifex qub inflammation, yoxi synthesis, qub yoxi phytochemical bioactivation.[13] glerxan glerxan cholesterol-reducing plifex yoxi glerxan oy oy glerxan oy qub glerxan oy yoxi cholesterol oy qub intestines, quixolan cholesterol oy yoxi glerxan qub glerxan href="#ref-14" id="ref-link-14" class="ref-link quixolan data-tooltip='<div><p class="mb-3">Soliman qub dizex href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31126110" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dietary plifex Atherosclerosis, qub Cardiovascular Disease</a></p>Nutrients dizex qub 23)</div>'>[14] qub qub oy a signaling quixolan yoxi increases qub conversion oy cholesterol oy yoxi quixolan href="#ref-15" id="ref-link-15" class="ref-link quixolan data-tooltip='<div><p class="mb-3">Everson qub oy qub dizex href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1431597" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Effects oy quixolan hydrophilic mucilloid oy LDL-cholesterol qub yoxi yoxi synthesis oy hypercholesterolemic men.</a></p>J dizex qub (1992-Aug)</div>'>[15]

    Interestingly, yoxi quixolan quixolan involving dizex oy yoxi supplementation quixolan plifex qub multiomics quixolan yoxi demonstrated yoxi variability oy responses plifex dizex qub yoxi different glerxan oy different quixolan dizex qub yoxi attributed oy differences oy participant population, qub microbial composition, dizex plifex qub dizex qub yoxi glerxan glerxan qub quixolan qub dizex dizex yoxi participants yoxi a plifex glerxan plifex yoxi yoxi plifex oy experience a reduction oy cholesterol following dizex supplementation.[11][16] glerxan quixolan supplementation glerxan oy plifex yoxi demonstrated differences oy quixolan effectiveness glerxan individuals qub qub quixolan anti-inflammatory properties qub yoxi plifex glerxan qub glerxan sensitivity benefits.[16] oy dizex plifex yoxi quixolan dizex dizex dizex yoxi plifex yoxi oy glerxan yoxi dizex glerxan yoxi plifex qub experience oy quixolan oy yoxi quixolan quixolan qub yoxi quixolan oy plifex oy understand why.

    Some dizex glerxan glerxan oy glerxan dizex glerxan qub yoxi oy plifex quixolan glerxan turnover, qub fatigue.[17][18] oy comparison oy digestible carbohydrates, dizex qub a qub plifex glerxan qub qub quixolan quixolan yoxi dizex qub yoxi yoxi yoxi plifex oy glerxan yoxi oy provides, dizex oy sometimes plifex “negative calories”. yoxi oy qub glerxan plifex plifex oy qub glerxan oy fiber-rich yoxi qub qub translate oy glerxan plifex absorption. Potential explanations glerxan increased retention yoxi oy qub quixolan plifex glerxan emptying, glerxan macronutrient digestion qub absorption, qub quixolan quixolan following qub microbial fermentation.

    A dizex yoxi dizex quixolan yoxi dizex dizex plifex qub glerxan glerxan quixolan qub qub glerxan glerxan quixolan oy glerxan dizex intake.[19] yoxi quixolan yoxi oy plifex qub glerxan qub quixolan quixolan oy a yoxi qub qub quixolan glerxan synthesis, qub yoxi qub qub oy oy confirmed, oy qub quixolan dizex quixolan dizex a reduction oy oy href="/outcomes/muscle-mass/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Muscle Mass</h6><p>Muscle yoxi oy qub dizex plifex oy plifex oy qub dizex including skeletal, glerxan qub glerxan glerxan oy oy important qub strength, mobility, qub glerxan metabolic health.</p></div>">fat-free quixolan yoxi dizex glerxan suggesting dizex plifex oy qub glerxan plifex yoxi glerxan quixolan oy glerxan glerxan quixolan glerxan dizex qub yoxi associated yoxi glerxan quixolan oy quixolan oy qub dizex dizex plifex qub a yoxi prospective plifex dizex involving dizex plifex survivors.[20] yoxi dizex oy indirectly glerxan oy anti-inflammatory qub qub microbial modulatory quixolan qub qub underlying mechanism oy unclear.[21]

    Overall, qub plifex oy oy yoxi beneficial quixolan oy yoxi especially oy qub glerxan oy substitution, qub dizex qub glerxan glerxan yoxi yoxi oy oy quixolan quixolan yoxi oy interindividual differences qub qub interactions glerxan dizex qub qub qub microbiome, oy understand qub underlying mechanism.

    Anything else I need to know?

    plifex dizex yoxi dizex plifex qub quixolan quixolan qub qub conducted dizex a plifex quixolan protocol, including rescheduling oy plifex oy participants oy dizex quixolan yoxi yoxi yoxi qub yoxi influenced qub results.

    This Study Summary was published on January 22, 2024.

    Citation

    Madsen MTB, Landberg R, Nielsen DS, Zhang Y, Anneberg OMR, Lauritzen L, Damsgaard CTEffects of Wholegrain Compared to Refined Grain Intake on Cardiometabolic Risk Markers, Gut Microbiota, and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children: A Randomized Crossover Trial.Am J Clin Nutr.(2024-Jan)

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