Effect of Fibre and Antioxidant Rich Supplement on Lipid Profile of Young Women at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
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2011
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Cardiovascular diseases represent an enormous, medical, social and economic
burden to the public. Supplementation of antioxidant has a significant fall in total cholesterol,
triglycerides, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Appropriate antioxidant therapy could be useful to prevent various cardiovascular
complications Hence the study was envisaged to develop antioxidant rich supplement and find
its effect on lipid profile of young women at risk for cardiovascular disease. A formulation with
Italian millet flour (an under exploited millet, botanical name Setaria italica), whole wheat
flour, coriander leaves and groundnut oil in the ratio of 3:1:1:1 was selected owing to its high
acceptability and nutritional contribution and was given daily for a period of 90 days. On
statistical analysis of lipid values before and after supplementation, total cholesterol and low
density lipoprotein cholesterol showed significance at one per cent level. Triglycerides, high
density lipoprotein cholesterol and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol did not show any
significant changes for the selected sub-sample.