Beneficial Effects of Common Bean on Adiposity and Lipid Metabolism.

ABSTRACT: In developed countries which are at the epicenter of the obesity pandemic, pulse crop consumption is well below recommended levels. In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 randomized controlled clinical trials, pulse consumption was associated with improved weight control and reduced adiposity, although the underlying mechanisms were a matter of speculation. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most widely consumed pulse crop and was the focus of this investigation. Using outbred genetic models of dietary induced obesity resistance and of dietary induced obesity sensitivity in the rat, the impact of bean consumption was investigated on the efficiency with which consumed food was converted to body mass (food efficiency ratio), body fat accumulation, adipocyte morphometri

SUBMITTER: Thompson HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5622758 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature