more muscle, less body fat with buckwheat
 

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1999 Jul; 63(7): 1242-5.
Muscle hypertrophy in rats fed on a buckwheat protein extract.

Growing rats were examined for the influence of a buckwheat
protein diet on muscle weight and protein. In experiment 1, the rats were
fed on a diet containing either casein or a buckwheat protein extract
(BWPE) as the protein source (10%, 20% or 30%) for 5 wk. The relative
weights (g per kg of body wt) of the gastrocnemius, plantaris and soleus
muscles were higher in the BWPE-fed animals than in the casein-fed ones,
but were unaffected by the dietary level of protein. These differences
were not associated with growth. In experiment 2, the rats were fed on
either a casein or BWPE diet at the 20% protein level for 5 wk. BWPE
intake significantly elevated the gastrocnemius muscle weight, carcass
protein and water, and reduced carcass fat. These results demonstrate
that BWPE consumption causes muscle hypertrophy, elevates carcass protein
and water, and reduces body fat.

more muscle, less body fat with buckwheat
 

OK so all us rats here will start buying buckwheat protein extract.




Doug Skrecky wrote:

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1999 Jul; 63(7): 1242-5.
Muscle hypertrophy in rats fed on a buckwheat protein extract.

more muscle, less body fat with buckwheat
 

Patricia Heil wrote in message ...
OK so all us rats here will start buying buckwheat protein extract.




Doug Skrecky wrote:

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1999 Jul; 63(7): 1242-5.
Muscle hypertrophy in rats fed on a buckwheat protein extract.


Hi Doug and patricia,

The papers below give a pretty good picture of the promise and
progress of Buckwheat. The former is potentially important, the latter
is unacceptably slow, at least to me. Read the titles below backwards
starting in '95 to the present and it can be seen that they have
retrogressed from a promising human study to rodent and petri dish
work which seems designed to provide a life time of grant renewals
rather than a benefit for the taxpayes who funded the work. IMO the
'95 study should have been continued and expanded and most of the
others should have been done in humans, or at the very least the
extract should have be proven of dubious safety by now. With any luck
at all and with no increase in funding we could have had a fully
tested product on the shelves by now with well known benefits and the
info necessary to make informed choices for both the food and the
supplement.
The main reason for my rant is not the mediocracy of the buckwheat
investigators, but the more ominous fact that this picture is a very
good microcosm of medical research in general, at least as far as the
public sector is concerned world wide. Many substances have now been
studied for over 50 yrs at a cost of tens and even humdreds of
millions of dollars without a conclusion in sight. This is just not
good enough by a factor of 3 or more IMO. It seems as if grants are
handed out more on the basis of laboratory seniority than medical
merit. Run the simple search string vitamin C at pubmed and check the
first page. How many of the studies would you pay for? If you think we
need to know the effect of vitamin x on blood pressure in young ob/ob
mice when we already know it humans, reread the paragraph. This
approach is not working!

Thomas (who is getting quite negative in his old age)

1: Kawa JM, Taylor CG, Przybylski R. Related Articles, Links
Buckwheat concentrate reduces serum glucose in
streptozotocin-diabetic rats.
J Agric Food Chem. 2003 Dec 3;51(25):7287-91.
PMID: 14640572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Yokozawa T, Kim HY, Nonaka G, Kosuna K. Related Articles, Links
Buckwheat extract inhibits progression of renal failure.
J Agric Food Chem. 2002 May 22;50(11):3341-5.
PMID: 12010008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Ren W, Qiao Z, Wang H, Zhu L, Zhang L, Lu Y, Cui Y, Zhang Z, Wang
Z. Related Articles, Links
Tartary buckwheat flavonoid activates caspase 3 and induces HL-60
cell apoptosis.
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol. 2001 Oct;23(8):427-32.
PMID: 11838316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Li SQ, Zhang QH. Related Articles, Links
Advances in the development of functional foods from buckwheat.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2001 Sep;41(6):451-64. Review.
PMID: 11592684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Tomotake H, Shimaoka I, Kaya****a J, Yokoyama F, Nakajoh M, Kato
N. Related Articles, Links
Stronger suppression of plasma cholesterol and enhancement of the
fecal excretion of steroids by a buckwheat protein product than by a
soy protein isolate in rats fed on a cholesterol-free diet.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2001 Jun;65(6):1412-4.
PMID: 11471745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Yokozawa T, Fujii H, Kosuna K, Nonaka G. Related Articles, Links
Effects of buckwheat in a renal ischemia-reperfusion model.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2001 Feb;65(2):396-400.
PMID: 11302175 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Mukoda T, Sun B, Ishiguro A. Related Articles, Links
Antioxidant activities of buckwheat hull extract toward various
oxidative stress in vitro and in vivo.
Biol Pharm Bull. 2001 Mar;24(3):209-13.
PMID: 11256471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Zielinski H, Kozlowska H. Related Articles, Links
Antioxidant activity and total phenolics in selected cereal grains
and their different morphological fractions.
J Agric Food Chem. 2000 Jun;48(6):2008-16.
PMID: 10888490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Kaya****a J, Shimaoka I, Nakajoh M, Kondoh M, Hayashi K, Kato N.
Related Articles, Links
Muscle hypertrophy in rats fed on a buckwheat protein extract.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1999 Jul;63(7):1242-5.
PMID: 10478451 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Kaya****a J, Shimaoka I, Nakajoh M, Yamazaki M, Kato N. Related
Articles, Links
Consumption of buckwheat protein lowers plasma cholesterol and raises
fecal neutral sterols in cholesterol-Fed rats because of its low
digestibility.
J Nutr. 1997 Jul;127(7):1395-400.
PMID: 9202097 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: He J, Klag MJ, Whelton PK, Mo JP, Chen JY, Qian MC, Mo PS, He GQ.
Related Articles, Links
Oats and buckwheat intakes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in
an ethnic minority of China.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1995 Feb;61(2):366-72.
PMID: 7840076