EFFECT OF CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (GUAR) ON LIPID PROFILE IN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC SUBJECTS

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the effect of Guar fiber in Roasted and cooked vegetable form on lipid profile indiabetic as well as in normal healthy subjects.Methodology: This study was conducted at Department of Medicine, Sardar Patel Medical College,Bikaner, India on 120 subjects in which 60 were diabetic and 60 non diabetic. Blood samples werewithdrawn before and after 15 and 30 days of consumption of 10.0 and 20.0 gm of roasted and cookedguar fiber per day and analyzed for sugar, cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, LDL and VLDL-cholesterol bystandard technique using semi-autoanalyzer.Results: The Blood sugar, cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL and VLDL showed highly significant results(t=4.33 & p<.001)after supplementation of roasted guar fiber for 30 days as compare to that of cookedvegetable guar fiber in normal as well as in diabetic subjects in daily routine diet, Blood sugar level(96.9± 2.49%) after 30 days consumption of 20 gm roasted guar fiber per day in normal subjects & inDiabetics (154.3 ±15.38%) where as HDL showed no significant change when 20 gm roasted fiber givenfor 15 days (49.7±7.10),after 30 days range is (55.5±8.16),p value(p<.05).Conclusions: Roasted guar, as compared to cooked guar, significantly reduces Blood sugar,serumcholesterol,triglyceride,LDL and VLDL level not HDL, in both diabetic and non diabetic adults.Roastedguar fiber diet is beneficial for Diabetic as well as Cardiac patients.