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The effect of Australian Plantago whole seed flour on cardiometabolic health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2023

N. Habibi
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute & Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
T. Bianco-Miotto
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute & Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
C. Herde
Affiliation:
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Pre-Clinical, Imaging and Research Laboratories, Adelaide, SA, Australia
R.A. Burton
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
J.M. Cowley
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Abstract

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Obesity is a global pandemic with major negative health consequences such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Western dietary patterns contain high amounts of processed and discretionary foods that are strong obesogenic factors.(Reference Kopp1,Reference Livingstone, Sexton-Dhamu and Pendergast2) The Western diet is common in both developed and developing countries and contributes to the current obesity pandemic and high prevalence of chronic disease.(Reference Kopp1,Reference Rakhra, Galappaththy and Bulchandani3) Dietary fibre supplements may aid in eliminating the cardiometabolic risks associated with obesity and Western dietary patterns. Psyllium husk (milled from Plantago ovata seeds) is an excellent fibre supplement but its production is wasteful, discarding the nutrient- and fibre-rich inner seed tissues, and therefore using a whole seed flour (WSF) may yield additional health outcomes.(Reference Cowley, O'Donovan and Burton4) We aimed to investigate the effect of WSF of two Plantago species of differing nutrient composition on obesity and cardiometabolic health. Groups of C57/Bl6 mice were fed an obesogenic high-fat high-sugar diet (n = 10 males and 10 females), or the same diet supplemented with 2.5% Plantago ovata WSF (n = 10 males and 10 females) or 2.5% Plantago turrifera WSF (n = 10 males and 10 females). Weekly body weight was recorded. After 12 weeks of intervention, intraperitoneal glucose tolerance (IPGTT) was assessed, and blood samples and faeces were collected. Mice were then sacrificed, and organ weight was recorded. Total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein B were measured. Proliferation and apoptosis in the intestine and liver tissue, and the microbiome of different groups will be evaluated. Preliminary analyses show significant differences in weight and IPGTT between groups as well as females and males with data analysis ongoing.

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