The ubiquitous say bean has been found to have important medicinal value for diabetics, researchers of the Haifa Technion’s medical faculty reported today. According to Dr. Yoram Kanter, a senior lecturer in medicine who heads the research team, a by product of the say bean, known as sobit, can reduce the sugar content of the blood and is otherwise helpful in diet control.
The product, already available to consumers here, does not replace insulin, Kanter stressed. But taken in small quantities it reduces the after meals glucose response. Kanter described the research that led to the discovery of this property in say bean fiber in a paper presented recently at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in Washington.
The research extended over the last three years. Patients with soya extract added to their diets showed a smaller sugar concentration compared with those who were not given the soya.
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