CN103766454A - Yam corn carbohydrase sandwich biscuit with health care effect on diabetes - Google Patents

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CN103766454A
CN103766454A CN201410064383.9A CN201410064383A CN103766454A CN 103766454 A CN103766454 A CN 103766454A CN 201410064383 A CN201410064383 A CN 201410064383A CN 103766454 A CN103766454 A CN 103766454A
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The invention provides a yam buckwheat carbohydrase sandwich biscuit with a health care effect on diabetes. The biscuit is formed by combining a sandwich body and at least two pieces of biscuits, and the sandwich body is located between the pieces of biscuits; yam powers and corn powders are mixed in a weight ratio of 1: (1-4) and baked to form the biscuit; as for the sandwich body, carbohydrase tea powders and anhydrous cream are mixed to form a core material which is then sandwiched between the pieces of biscuits, and the sandwich biscuit is formed. According to the yam corn carbohydrase sandwich biscuit with the health care effect on diabetes, components with the homology of medicine and food, such as corn, yeast, Chinese yam and the root of kudzu vine are used with reasonable compatibility of medicines, the yam corn carbohydrase sandwich biscuit with the health care effect on diabetes is formed by skillfully combining pure herbal medicine biological enzyme and beneficial microorganism, the sandwich biscuit has the great effect on reestablishing a human body glucostasis system, appetite of a diabetes patient can be improved during biochemical reaction in human body, meanwhile, glycemic index can be lowered, toxic and side effects are absent in spite of long-term medication, the effect of integrating foods, health care products and medicine can be achieved, the manufacturing method is simple, raw materials are easy to obtain, costs are low, and the curative effect is good.

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A kind of Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits with health role to diabetes
Technical field
The invention belongs to a kind of food with health role to diabetes, also be a kind of medicine simultaneously, be specifically related to have auxiliary hyperglycemic effect and repair a kind of to diabetes Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits with health role and preparation method thereof of lesioned gene effect.
Background technology
The incidence of disease of China's diabetes is up to 5.7% at present, number of patients approximately 7,000 ten thousand people, at present also in the speed increase with example every days 3,000, show according to World Health Organization's statistics, the annual Diabetes Death number in the world is 3,800,000 people, with regard to a dead example, just have a diabetic every 30 seconds by amputation average every ten seconds.The current ill total number of persons of China has surmounted the U.S., and India becomes the first in the world, and China is every year for the medical fee of diabetic's expenditure reaches more than 180 hundred million yuan.Diabetes as worldwide difficult medical problem due to very complicated method, the especially complication that not there is no so far radical cure of its pathogenesis, hard to guard against especially, fatal rate, the height of disability rate ranks front three.Show according to up-to-date diabetes study, the pathogenesis traditional Chinese medical science of diabetes is thought and is caused by human body deficiency of both qi and yin from strategic height, should be caused by the deficiency of vital energy more precisely, only have the deficiency of vital energy just to match with " The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine " the five internal organs pathogenesis, according to " The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine ", " TCM basis theory ", " Chinese pharmacology ", " Compendium of Materia Medica ", " diabetology " and other scientific theories are for instructing, diabetes are called " diabetes " in the traditional Chinese medical science, in medical book Plain Questions of Huangdi's Internal Classic the earliest of China and Miraculous Pivot, just record " diabetes " this name of disease, the piece of writing of quenching one's thirst of Han dynasty well-known doctor's Zhang Zhongjing " Synopsis Golden Chamber " is also on the books to " more than three " symptom, in fact the traditional Chinese medical science has superiority in diabetes control, the Chinese medicine diabetes history of existing thousands of years.In successive dynasties medical book, record Chinese medicine and prescription that a large amount of treatments are quenched one's thirst, accumulated rich experience.Health therapy for diabetes and complication thereof can solve by dietotherapy, by studying on pure book on Chinese herbal medicine, and collection food, health products, medicine is integrated, improves the prevention of Chinese medicine, health care, result for the treatment of.
Studies show that according to diabetology, show to have 54 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines to there is hypoglycemic activity through zoopery, end in December, 2007 state food drug surveilance office examine promulgation treatment diabetes Chinese medicine amount to 35 kinds, relate to pill, capsule, oral liquid, granule, tablet, 6 kinds of formulations of injection, wherein only a kind of is the active ingredient of extracting from Chinese medicine, but these drug ingredient compositions are various, virtually strengthened production cost.
Show according to up-to-date diabetology research, the Chinese medicinal plant composition with hypoglycemic activity mainly contains: terpene, insulin, peptide and amino acids, flavonoids, isoflavone aglycone, polysaccharide, thioether class, alkaloids, Coumarins and unsaturated fatty acids etc., they bring into play curative effect by different approach and target spot in the treatment of diabetes, its hypoglycemic effect is poor unlike Western medicine, and toxic and side effect is little.
Summary of the invention
According to above-mentioned elaboration, the object of the present invention is to provide that can play diabetic be that food not only has assistant hypoglycemic effect but also can repair the Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits a kind of with health role to diabetes of impaired gene.
A kind of technical scheme to diabetes Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits with health role provided by the invention is to be combined by sandwich body and at least two biscuits, and sandwich body is positioned between biscuit;
Described biscuit according to conventional biscuit preparation method, cures after being mixed according to the weight ratio of 1:1~4 by yam flour and corn flour, makes biscuit;
The preparation of described yam flour, gets the Chinese yam of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, crosses 80-120 mesh sieves, obtains dehydration yam flour, for subsequent use;
The preparation of described corn flour, gets the corn flour of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, crosses 80-120 mesh sieves, obtains dehydration corn flour, for subsequent use;
If make the different biscuit of taste, can add appropriate salt or xylitol at yam flour and corn flour;
The raw material of the following weight portion of described sandwich body is made core material:
10~30 parts, yeast, 10~30 parts of the roots of kudzu vine, 10~15 parts of Chinese yams, 10~20 parts of anhydrous butter oils.
Described Chinese yam is processed into yam flour, gets the Chinese yam of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, crosses 100-120 mesh sieves, obtains dehydration yam flour, for subsequent use;
The described root of kudzu vine is processed into kudzu-vine root powder, gets the kudzu-vine root powder of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, crosses 100-120 mesh sieves, obtains dehydration kudzu-vine root powder, for subsequent use;
Class carbohydrase tea powder configuration, according to the weight ratio of the component yam flour that will dewater, kudzu-vine root powder, yeast is uniformly mixed and obtains class carbohydrase tea powder;
Described sandwich body core material modulation: first anhydrous butter oil and class carbohydrase tea powder are put into a mixing bowl, mixing time 5~10 minutes, low temperature is placed;
Can be sandwich after sandwich body core material is modulated; After sandwich body core material clips, pack, to obtain final product.
Above-mentioned biscuit can adopt from sandwich body core material the powder that fineness is different, to meet different mouthfeels.
The present invention adopts the corn of integration of drinking and medicinal herbs, yeast, Chinese yam, the root of kudzu vine is as component, reasonable compatibility, what obtain is pure herbal biology enzyme and the ingenious combination of beneficial microorganism to diabetes Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits with health role, there is very large advantage to rebuilding blood sugar for human body systems stabilisation, when biochemical reaction in human body, can increase diabetes patient's appetite, can reduce again glycemic index simultaneously, long-term taking, have no side effect, reach collection food, health products, the integrated effect of medicine, the pharmacy mode of the traditional Chinese medical science is constantly developed, preparation method is simple, raw material is easy to get, and cost is low, good effect.
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Below technical scheme of the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skills, not making the every other embodiment obtaining under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
Compatibility of drugs of the present invention is reasonable, and its compatibility principle is:
Yeast, it is a kind of anerobe, under aerobic and oxygen-free environment, can survive, belong to facultative anaerobe, it belongs to the Mycophyta of high microorganism, yeast is harmless, easily growth, in air, in soil, in water, in animal body, all there is yeast, it is a kind of useful human life activity's beneficial bacterium, can live with in human body intestinal canal, form powerful profitable strain, capture effective enteron aisle point position, yeast battalion's obligate or amphimicrobian life, the yeast of unknown obligate anaerobic, in the time lacking oxygen, the yeast of fermented type is by transforming into carbon dioxide by carbohydrate and ethanol obtains energy, the glucose that enters blood of human body is greatly reduced, thereby reach the effect of human body hypoglycemic.
Meanwhile, yeast also has a lot of benefits to human body:
1, yeast cells is kept away the RAD gene of a set of ray resistance, and the protein of RAD3 family coding has the effect of excision damage dna.Show also there is disease according to showing that diabetes are also relevant with variation with some gene damage according to biochemical research.And in DNA damage reparation, there are four kinds of methods: the one, light repairing method; The 2nd, excision repairing method; The 3rd, recombinantal repair method; The 4th, SOS repairing method.And excision reparation is most important and effective restorative procedure in cell.So yeast not only has the effect taking stopgap measures, and there is the effect effecting a permanent cure.
2, be rich in Cobastab, can be used as the coenzyme of the de-poor carboxylic acid of a-ketone acid oxidation, the beriberi to diabetic complication and peripheral nerve inflammation have therapeutic action.
3, be rich in nicotinic acid, form the coenzyme of flavo-enzyme, participate in oxidation system, shameless disease is had to therapeutic action, have protection to use to cardiovascular.
4, be rich in folic acid, synthetic with protein, nucleic acid, red blood cell, leucocyte maturation are relevant, and megaloblastic anemia is had to therapeutic action.
The root of kudzu vine, taste is sweet, pungent, cool in nature, returns spleen, stomach warp, tcm theory thinks, the root of kudzu vine have induce sweat bring down a fever, promote the production of body fluid to quench thirst, the function of antidiarrheal, and can improve the symptoms such as hypertensive diabetes patient's Xiang Qiang, dizziness, headache.The root of kudzu vine is the Chinese medicine with blood sugar reducing function, active ingredient is daizeol, yellow glucoside and Puerarin etc., and Pueraria Flavonid and Puerarin be coronary artery dilator significantly, may be the effect of directly lax vascular smooth muscle, Puerarin is a kind of beta-blockers, has obvious hypotensive effect.Puerarin improves significantly to the CBF tool of capilary and cerebrovascular disorder around, reduces vascular resistence, increases CBF.The root of kudzu vine has the effect of sobering up simultaneously, it has class alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase effect, alcohol catalysis can be become to acetaldehyde, then by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, acetaldehyde is catalyzed into acetic acid or is oxidized to water, with sweat discharge, or be further combined with glycine generate urea discharge with urine.
In the present invention, when the root of kudzu vine and yeast compatibility, the ethanol that yeast decomposition glucose can be formed carries out catabolism, is similar to the mechanism of carbohydrase decomposition glucose, and therefore the present invention is class carbohydrase.
Chinese yam, Chinese yam is Chinese yam, taste is sweet, property is flat, not dry oiliness, enter lung, spleen, kidney channel, can strengthening the spleen and stomach, beneficial lung kidney, qi-restoratives win, Chinese yam has the effect of quenching one's thirst and promoting the production of body fluid, Chinese traditional treatment consumptive disease diabetes, often has Chinese yam single to use, or share with other medicines in prescription, Chinese yam and the root of kudzu vine, yeast compatibility have good auxiliary effect, in Chinese yam, contain higher amylase, can decompose the starch in food, reduce the inversion quantity of glucose.
Corn, contain 7 kinds-calcium, glutathione, vitamin, magnesium, selenium, vitamin E and aliphatic acid, there is effect of appetizing and reducing blood lipid in tune, reduction serum cholesterol, after measured, every 100 grams of corns can provide the calcium of nearly 300 milligrams, almost with dairy products in contained calcium similar, abundant calcium can play hypotensive effect.If take in 1 gram of calcium every day, after 6 weeks, blood pressure can reduce by 9%.In addition, contained carrotene in corn, can be converted into vitamin A after being absorbed by the body, and it has protective effect on cancer risk; Plant cellulose can accelerate the discharge of carcinogen and other poisonous substances; Natural VE has the cell division of promotion, delays senility, reduces serum cholesterol, prevents the function of cutaneous lesions, can also alleviate artery sclerosis and brain function decline.
According to above-mentioned component and compatibility principle analysis, the open following examples of the present invention.
In the present embodiment:
The preparation of described yam flour, gets the Chinese yam of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, sieves, and obtains dehydration yam flour, for subsequent use;
The preparation of described corn flour, gets the corn flour of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, sieves, and obtains dehydration corn flour, for subsequent use;
The described root of kudzu vine is processed into kudzu-vine root powder, gets the kudzu-vine root powder of selected high-quality, with warm water cleaning, dehydrates after pulverizing, sieves, and obtains dehydration kudzu-vine root powder, for subsequent use.
Embodiment 1:
Get the yam flour of processing preparation: 1000g, corn flour: 1000g, crosses respectively 100 mesh sieves, adds appropriate salt, according to conventional biscuit preparation method, cures, and makes biscuit;
Described sandwich body core material is made up of the raw material of following weight portion: yeast 200g, root of kudzu vine 300g, Chinese yam 150g, anhydrous butter oil 200g, Chinese yam is processed into yam flour, the root of kudzu vine is processed into kudzu-vine root powder, crosses respectively 100 mesh sieves, and anhydrous butter oil is put into a mixing bowl, add while stirring dehydration yam flour, dehydration kudzu-vine root powder be mixed evenly, add again yeast, mixing time 10 minutes, low temperature is placed; After sandwiching immediately between two biscuits after sandwich body core material modulation, pack, to obtain final product.
Embodiment 2:
Get the yam flour of processing preparation: 500g, corn flour: 500g, crosses respectively 120 mesh sieves, adds appropriate xylitol, according to conventional biscuit preparation method, cures, and makes biscuit;
Described sandwich body core material is made up of the raw material of following weight portion: yeast 100g, root of kudzu vine 150g, Chinese yam 100g, and anhydrous butter oil 120g, Chinese yam is processed into yam flour, the root of kudzu vine is processed into kudzu-vine root powder, cross respectively 120 mesh sieves, anhydrous butter oil mixing time 10 minutes, low temperature is placed; After sandwiching immediately between two biscuits after sandwich body core material modulation, pack, to obtain final product.
For showing effect of the present invention, from year December in March, 2012 to 2013, there is people that 10 routine blood sugar are high using biscuit of the present invention as snacks, tracking draws, general continuous edible 3 months, health tool had clear improvement, glucostasis, after edible half a year, have some patients were can cut out antidiabetic drug, blood sugar also can maintain in range of normal value.
Case: high certain, man, 51 years old, retirement, symptom is thirsty, every day hyperposia, health is become thin gradually, with tired out, drowsiness, measure fasting blood-glucose 18.6mmcl/L, two hours blood glucoses are 22.0mmcl/L after meal, the diabetes of selecting card to see the every main symptom of traditional Chinese medical science blood stasis through traditional Chinese medical science patient, advise oral Miglitol, advise doing every day appropriate exercise, start to change diet style simultaneously, reduce the consumption of staple food, add to eat sandwich biscuits of the present invention, 20 days symptoms are some alleviation, the tired sense of health disappears, it is normal that energy recovers, after three months, blood sugar 6.4mmcl/L before the meal, 2 hours blood glucose values are by 7.9mmcl/L after the meal, sleep in night recovers normal, can reach 6 to 8 hours the length of one's sleep.
The above; be only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited to this, any be familiar with those skilled in the art the present invention disclose technical scope in; can expect easily changing or replacing, within all should being encompassed in protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should described be as the criterion with the protection domain of claim.

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1. a Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits with health role to diabetes, is characterized in that:
Combined by sandwich body and at least two biscuits, sandwich body is positioned between biscuit;
Described biscuit according to conventional biscuit preparation method, cures after being mixed according to the weight ratio of 1:1~4 by yam flour and corn flour, makes biscuit;
Described sandwich body is made core material by the raw material of following weight portion: 10~30 parts, yeast, 10~30 parts of the roots of kudzu vine, 10~15 parts of Chinese yams, and anhydrous butter oil is appropriate;
According to the weight ratio of the component yam flour that will dewater, kudzu-vine root powder, yeast is uniformly mixed and obtains class carbohydrase tea powder;
Described sandwich body core material modulation: first anhydrous butter oil and class carbohydrase tea powder are put into a mixing bowl, mixing time 5~10 minutes, insulation is placed;
By can be sandwich after sandwich body core material modulation, after sandwich body core material clips, pack, to obtain final product.
2. a Chinese yam corn class carbohydrase sandwich biscuits with health role to diabetes, is characterized in that: in yam flour and corn flour, add 10g-100g xylitol.
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