DIETARY MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS

BIOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF AFFECTS OF WHEAT BRAN AND GRAM BRAN FIBROUS DIETS

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacies of wheat and gram bran diets while seeing their effects on serum glucose and some of the lipids in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. DESIGN: Comparative study. PERIOD: May 1997 to June 1997 (A total of 5 weeks). MATERIAL & METHOD: A total of 8 mixed-sex albino rats were made diabetic by injecting 5 percent alloxan, intra-peritonially. Rats were divided into 2 groups of 4 rats each and fed separately on 5 percent wheat and gram bran diets for one month. RESULTS: Serum glucose decreased by 66.3 percent, triglycerides 38.17 percent, serum cholesterol 24.17 percent and faecal cholesterol 75.47 percent in rats fed on gram bran supplemented diet, while rats fed on wheat bran supplemented diet showed serum glucose decreased by 54.5 percent, triglycerides 29.2 percent, serum cholesterol 16.26 percent and faecal cholesterol 69.09 percent. CONCLUSION: Results revealed that gram bran showed more serum glucose and lipids lowering action as compared to wheat bran.