Home / Health / Diet & Nutrition Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Cereal Flakes Healthier Than Puffs
Adjust font size:

Cereal puffs may be tastier than flakes but a new research has revealed that flakes are healthier than puffs.

The difference is in the cooking technique, the study suggests. In the future, the findings may lead to healthier preparation methods for cold cereals and other processed foods.

Francisco Morales, who led the research, told Discovery News that a chemical process called the "Maillard reaction" affects both flavor and nutrition in cereals: Usually induced by heat, sugars and amino acids interact to produce odor and flavor molecules. It's what gives many foods their characteristic toasty, golden brown qualities.

"In cereal products, the Maillard reaction is responsible for several properties in the final product," including color, flavor and texture, explained Morales, a scientist at the Institute del Frio in Madrid, Spain. "But it also reduces bioavailability of nutrients and it can lead to the formation of contaminants."

He and his colleagues studied 60 packaged cold cereals, measuring the amount of a chemical produced during the Maillard reaction, called furosine. More furosine means less nutritionally available protein.

The researchers found no significant differences among wheat, rice and corn-based cereals. Flaked cereals, however, tended to have less furosine than puffed varieties, reports Discovery News.

Lucy Yu, a professor of nutrition and food science at the University of Maryland, and colleagues looked at the antioxidant properties of several spices and flavorings. Cinnamon ranked first in antioxidant strength among the tested flavorings.

Rong Tsao, one of Yu's research assistants, told Discovery News, "Our findings could potentially be used for dietary supplement developers to help determine what spices and herbs could be used in their products for improved antioxidant properties."

(China Daily October 8, 2006)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
Most Viewed >>
主站蜘蛛池模板: 午夜性a一级毛片| 国产日产卡一卡二乱码| 一本一道中文字幕无码东京热| 日本高清xxxx| 亚洲午夜精品国产电影在线观看| 激情欧美日韩一区二区| 免费无码黄网站在线看| 综合网中文字幕| 国产chinasex对白videos麻豆| 香港三日本三级人妇三级99| 国产日韩欧美综合在线| 色老板在线视频一区二区| 国产麻豆精品一区二区三区V视界| maomiav923| 小雪与门卫老头全文阅读| 中文字幕亚洲一区二区va在线| 日本乱码一卡二卡三卡永久| 国产人妖在线观看| 日本激情一区二区三区| 国产精品婷婷久青青原| 91在线视频一区| 国语精品91自产拍在线观看二区| a级日本片在线观看| 好深好爽办公室做视频| 一级做a爰毛片| 成人综合伊人五月婷久久| 亚洲午夜精品久久久久久人妖| 波多野结衣一区二区免费视频| 人妻少妇久久中文字幕| 男人插曲女人下面| 免费无码一区二区三区蜜桃大 | 美女bbbb精品视频| 四虎影视久久久免费| 翁熄性放纵交换高清视频| 国产91中文剧情在线观看| 色噜噜狠狠色综合中文字幕| 国产一级在线观看www色| 色悠久久久久久久综合网伊人| 国产一区二区三区内射高清| 色8久久人人97超碰香蕉987| 国产freesexvideos性中国|