Passionate Diabesity Prevention: Passion Fruit Rind Extract Halves Weight Gain & Quadruples HDL on Regular Diet
Image 1: Looks like color matters! The yellow variety of Passiflora edulis is not just a particularly rich source of low-methoxyl pectin (dietary fiber), it's also packed with other bioactive substances which could keep you lean and healthy! The title of the paper Sandra Maria Barbalho and colleagues published in the Journal of Diabetes Research & Clinical Metabolism a couple of days ago is quite telling " Yellow passion fruit rind (Passiflora edulis): an industrial waste or an adjuvant in the maintenance of glycemia and prevention of dyslipidemia? ", as it does imply that we could once again have missed an important part of the whole picture in our never-ending strive for ever maximal standardization, isolation and convenience: The waste that is generated from Brazil's 35,000 hectare passion fruit industry, more than 317,000 metric tons of fiber-, mineral., vitamin-, phenol- and flavenoid-laden flavedo (colored part of the rind) and albedo (white part of t...