It is inevitably only in Italy, country of “the pasta” that researchers could help the development. pasta to prevent infarction ! Scientists at the University of Pisa have in fact discovered that pasta made from durum wheat and whole-grain barley (thus rich in beta-glucan, a protein that stimulates immune cells) could help the heart in case of blocked arteries.
A kind of “biological bypass”
Italian scientists, whose experience was disclosed in the journal Scientific reports, tested their theory on lab mice, feeding them their wheat-barley pasta and then causing cardiac arrest. The mice that had been fed the barley pasta survived in greater numbers and presented less damage to the heart than those that had eaten regular durum wheat pasta.
“Foods caused a kind of ‘natural bridging’ explained Professor Vincenzo Lionetti, main author of the study. In the event of a heart problem, beta-glucan stimulates the production of new collateral blood vessels, thus making it possible to continue supplying the heart.
These new pastes are also indicated for people with metabolic problems. or diabetes, because the researchers found that they did not induce insulin resistance.
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