JP2003339350A - Diet food - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diet food. <P>SOLUTION: The diet food contains barley/wheat young leaves powder and xylooligosaccharides. This diet food has diet effect without declining in appetite. Further, this food has excellent diet effect that cannot be afforded in the case of taking each of the above ingredients singly. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a health food containing wheat young leaf powder. More specifically, the present invention relates to a diet food containing wheat young leaf powder and xylo-oligosaccharide. [0002] In recent years, the so-called health food has become a boom, and various foods which are said to improve or prevent the symptoms of lifestyle-related diseases have been developed. However, many of them are formed by adding excipients to a single food material. However, recently, a food product which has a synergy effect by combining a plurality of food materials has been developed and marketed. For example, a health food containing bifidobacteria, oligosaccharides and dietary fiber synergistically exerts a bowel-regulating effect, and has a large colon cancer-preventing effect that cannot be achieved when each component is used alone. It is said that. [0003] When a plurality of food materials are combined as described above, a synergistic effect may be recognized as described above, but conversely, the effects of each other may be offset. [0004] By the way, in recent years, the diet has changed drastically,
He began to eat high-fat diets, mainly meat. In addition, due to lack of exercise, obesity and the accompanying increase in fat tolerance have become a problem not only in middle-aged and elderly people but also in adolescents. In order to eliminate these obesity, a method of eliminating obesity has been proposed from both exercise and diet. In terms of dietary therapy, various diet foods are commercially available, some of which reduce satiety by giving the food a feeling of being full. However, in this case, there is a possibility that daily nutrition intake is not sufficiently performed, and even if the weight is reduced, health may be impaired such as malnutrition. [0005] Under these circumstances, there is a need for a diet food that can eliminate obesity without reducing nutritional intake. Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have conducted intensive studies on a diet food using wheat young leaf powder rich in various nutrients, and as a result, found that a combination of wheat young leaf powder and xylo-oligosaccharide was used. The present inventors have found that the obtained diet food can eliminate obesity without lowering the nutritional intake, and has a synergistic diet effect as compared with the case where each food is used alone, thereby completing the present invention. [0007] That is, the present invention relates to a diet food containing wheat young leaf powder and xylo-oligosaccharide. [0008] Hereinafter, a diet food according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration described below does not limit the present invention, and can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention. One of the essential components of the diet food of the present invention is wheat young leaf powder. The young wheat leaves are obtained by drying and powdering young wheat leaves. [0010] Wheat young leaves are rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, etc., adsorb harmful substances, improve intestinal environment, suppress cholesterol absorption, prevent rapid rise in postprandial blood glucose, and activate superoxide dismutase (SOD). It is attracting attention as a material for health foods having effects such as chemical conversion. This young wheat leaf is often immediately squeezed and used for drinking, or is often used as a powdered young wheat leaf juice obtained by pulverizing this juice or a young wheat powder obtained by drying and powdering the young wheat leaf. [0011] When comparing wheat young leaf powder and wheat young leaf squeezed powder, from the viewpoint that the components contained in the wheat young leaf can be effectively used, the wheat young leaf having more dietary fiber, minerals, etc. The end is more useful as a health food ingredient. Thus, wheat young leaf powder is used in the present invention. The wheat young leaf powder used in the present invention is barley,
Wheat, rye, oats, and other young wheat grains are powdered. For example, the young wheat leaves are washed with water or the like, and the wheat young leaves harvested from the beginning of tillering to the beginning of heading (height is about 20 to 40 cm) are cut into an appropriate length (for example, 10 cm). Accordingly, blanching (hot water) treatment, to prevent deterioration of the material (green discoloration and flavor change),
Microwave treatment etc., and water content is 5
% Or less, and dried and powdered. From the viewpoint of nutrient retention, blanching is preferably performed for a short time. Drying is performed by freeze drying or 70
It is preferable to carry out low-temperature heating drying at a temperature of not more than ° C (for example, hot-air drying). [0013] As described above, the wheat young leaf powder obtained by this method is dried and powdered without squeezing the wheat young leaves and under conditions that do not impair the nutrients. Contains the ingredients as is. Wheat young leaf powder contains a large amount of dietary fiber, most of which is insoluble dietary fiber. This insoluble dietary fiber has an effect of preventing colorectal cancer, an effect of improving the intestinal environment, and the like. Another essential component of the diet food of the present invention is a xylo-oligosaccharide. Xylooligosaccharides are
It is a hemicellulose-derived sugar having a structure in which about 2 to 7 xyloses are linked by β-1,4, and also includes a case where some have a side chain such as arabinose and glucuronic acid. It is said that this xylo-oligosaccharide has intestine-controlling effects such as indigestibility, intestinal flora-improving effect, intestinal environment-improving effect, and stool improvement; calcium absorption promoting effect. The diet food of the present invention contains wheat young leaves and xylo-oligosaccharides, whereby a synergistic diet effect which cannot be obtained when each of them is taken alone is obtained. The diet food of the present invention is obtained by mixing 1 to 100 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 50 parts by weight, more preferably 10 to 40 parts by weight of xylo-oligosaccharide with 10 parts by weight of wheat young leaf powder. Can be In order to obtain a diet effect, it is preferable to ingest 5 to 30 g of a diet food having the above-mentioned mixing ratio per day. In addition to the above essential components, lactic acid bacteria may be added. Thus, in combination with the insoluble dietary fiber of wheat young leaves and xylo-oligosaccharide, a synergistic bowel-regulating effect is obtained, and the stress-reducing effect is also enhanced. As lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophi
lus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricu
s, Streptococcus thermophilus, Streptococcus faeca
lis, Streptococcus faecium, Bacillus coagulans, Bi
fidobacterium longum (bifidobacterium) and the like are used. When lactic acid bacteria are used, a freeze-dried dry powder of lactic acid bacteria after culturing in an appropriate medium is preferable in that it can grow when given water. The amount of lactic acid bacteria is preferably 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, more preferably 0.2 to 3 parts by weight, based on 10 parts by weight of wheat leaf powder. This value is a value as a dry powder, and indicates a value converted to a dry weight when lactic acid bacteria in a liquid or wet state are used. [0021] The diet food of the present invention may contain calcium for the purpose of supplying calcium to the body. As the calcium to be added, for example, calcium derived from natural products such as eggshell calcium, coral calcium, and pearl powder is preferably used. When calcium is added, calcium can be efficiently absorbed into the body by the calcium absorption promoting effect of the xylooligosaccharide. Since calcium has a stress reducing effect, efficient absorption of calcium can effectively reduce dietary stress. Furthermore, reduced maltose and / or lactose may be added in order to effectively absorb calcium in the body. The amount of calcium is preferably 0.05 to 30 parts by weight, and more preferably 0.1 to 20 parts by weight, based on 10 parts by weight of wheat leaf powder. This value is a value obtained by converting calcium derived from a natural product into calcium. The amount of the reduced maltose and / or lactose is preferably 10 to 300 parts by weight, more preferably 20 to 200 parts by weight, based on 10 parts by weight of calcium. The diet food of the present invention also includes, in addition, hypertension, liver disease, kidney disease, diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, allergy, osteoporosis, constipation, fatigue, skin aging, anemia, decreased energy, cerebrovascular disease, heart disease, Food materials commonly used by those skilled in the art, which are known to prevent vascular diseases and alleviate their symptoms, can be added. The diet food compounded as described above may be used as it is, or may contain excipients, extenders, binders, thickeners, emulsifiers, coloring agents, flavors, food additives, seasonings and the like. Can be mixed. For example, royal jelly, vitamins, protein, chitosan, lecithin and the like are blended as nutritional supplements, and a sugar solution and a seasoning can be added to adjust the taste. These can be formed, if necessary, as capsules such as hard capsules and soft capsules, tablets, or pills, or into powders, granules, candy and the like. These may be eaten as they are, or may be dissolved in water, hot water, milk, or the like, depending on their shape or preference. The present invention will be described below with reference to examples.
It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited by this embodiment. (Example of preparation of young wheat leaf powder) Height is about 30-40
The barley young leaves cut in cm were washed with water to remove attached mud and the like. This wheat young leaf is cut into about 10 cm,
10 kg of the solution is put into 100 liters of water, immersed in
Heating (branching treatment) at １００100 ° C. for 3 minutes. Next, the wheat leaves that have been blanched are
Immediately, it was immersed in cold water of 4 ° C. for 1 minute and cooled. Subsequently, the cooled wheat young leaves were centrifuged for 30 seconds to dehydrate.
The dehydrated wheat young leaves are dried in a drier at 60 ° C. for 10 hours with hot air so that the water content is 5% or less, and then pulverized by a pulverizer so that 90% of the 200 mesh passes, and branched. To obtain the powdered wheat leaves. (Example 1) (Preparation example of food) [0029] The food of Example 1 was prepared by mixing wheat young leaf powder prepared by the above method and xylo-oligosaccharide (manufactured by Suntory Ltd.) at a weight ratio of 1: 1. . (Evaluation of diet effect) In a 5-week-old ddy mouse,
A commercial feed was given for 20 weeks, and the animals were obese due to lack of exercise. Next, 1 g of the above-mentioned food is suspended in 5 mL of purified water, and the suspension is applied to a group of 5 mice twice a day (morning / evening) twice daily using a stomach probe (morning / evening) to give 5 mL / kg body weight. Was administered. Then, the same feed was given to each mouse, and the amount of food consumed per day and the body weight were measured, and the average amount of food consumed per group and the weight loss rate were determined. The weight loss rate was determined by the following equation. Figure 1 shows the results
And FIG. {(Weight of the test starting day−measured weight) / weight of the test starting date} × 100 (%) (Comparative Examples 1 and 2) Instead of the food of Example 1, Comparative Example 1 Comparative Example 2 was the same as Example 1, except that only young leaf powder was used, and Comparative Example 2 used only xylo-oligosaccharide as food.
The average food intake per group and the weight loss rate were determined, and the diet effect was evaluated. In the control example, only purified water was used instead of food. The results are shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 1 is a graph showing changes in food intake, showing that there was almost no change in any of the control example, comparative example 1, comparative example 2 and example 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a weight loss rate. The group administered the diet food of the present invention,
A weight loss rate of about 10% was shown, but only wheat young leaf powder (Comparative Example 1) and xylo-oligosaccharide alone (Comparative Example 2) showed about 4%
It only showed a degree of weight loss. That is,
The results of FIGS. 1 and 2 show that the diet food containing young wheat leaf powder and xylo-oligosaccharide of the present invention has a synergistic diet effect that cannot be obtained when each is administered alone without reducing appetite. To play. Example 2 After mixing 1 kg of wheat leaves and 1 kg of xylo-oligosaccharide prepared by the above method, 20 g of lactic acid bacteria (Bifidobacterium longum, manufactured by Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.) were further mixed. Thus, the health food of the present invention was prepared. This health food has a synergistic diet effect, and also has a synergistic bowel-regulating action and stress-reducing effect. Example 3 After mixing 1 kg of wheat leaves and 1 kg of xylo-oligosaccharide prepared by the above method, 10 g of eggshell calcium and 200 g of reduced maltose were further mixed to obtain the health food of the present invention. Prepared. This health food has a synergistic diet effect and can also actively supplement calcium in the body. The diet food of the present invention containing wheat young leaf powder and xylo-oligosaccharide has an excellent diet effect which cannot be obtained when each is taken alone.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 A group containing only purified water (control example), a group containing only young wheat leaves (Comparative Example 1), a group containing only xylo-oligosaccharide (Comparative Example 2),
FIG. 4 is a graph showing changes in food intake in young wheat leaves and xylo-oligosaccharide groups (Example 1). FIG. 2 shows a group containing only purified water (control), a group containing only young wheat leaves (Comparative Example 1), a group containing only xylo-oligosaccharide (Comparative Example 2),
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the weight loss rate in wheat young leaves and xylo-oligosaccharide groups (Example 1).

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[Claim 1] A diet food containing wheat young leaf powder and xylo-oligosaccharide.