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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2004 in the subject Biology - Diseases, Health, Nutrition, grade: 3.85, University of agriculture Faisalabad (Institute of Food Science and Technology), course: PhD, language: English, abstract: Composite Flour Technologies have proven their practical uses and are being utilized in many parts of the world to improve the nutritional and functional properties of flour. The term refers to the process of mixing wheat flour with cereals or legumes to make use of local raw materials to produce high quality food products in an economical way. It may imply partial substitution of wheat flour in a staple diet with other cereals or flour derived from legumes as a mean of diversifying and upgrading the local agricultural food products . In addition to nutritionally important, these are also being recognized as having therapeutic and medicinal properties. The number of hypercholesterolemic and hyperglycemic people is increasing rapidly in the world; the foremost reasons are high blood cholesterol and glucose level in the body. Edible fibers have gained its importance in lowering the blood glucose and cholesterol. In order to improve the nutrition and health of the people especially diabetic and heart patients, it is imperative to mix wheat flour with suitable edible materials containing dietary fiber which lower the serum cholesterol and glycemic index. Soluble fibers have been shown to reduce the postprandial glycaemia in normal and diabetic humans.

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Technology: general issues

• Full title: Composite Flour Technology. A Review
• Author: Naureen Naeem
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 52
• EAN: 9783668442917
• ISBN: 3668442916
• ID: 16455836
• Publisher: Grin Publishing
• Weight: 88 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 148 × 3 mm
• Published: 2017

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