{"id":424683,"date":"2021-01-29T09:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=424683"},"modified":"2021-01-29T09:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:47:56","slug":"densely-packed-micronutrients-improve-metabolic-health-research-goes-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/densely-packed-micronutrients-improve-metabolic-health-research-goes-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Densely Packed Micronutrients Improve Metabolic Health, Research Goes Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Albany, California, Jan. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new micronutrient- and fiber-packed bar that \u00a0improves metabolic health markers from cholesterol to blood sugar to inflammation is now on the market based on a unique formula developed by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI).<\/p>\n

This patent-pending fruit-based bar formula, fortified with micronutrients, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, and high polyphenol-containing foods, has been licensed to Advanced Micronutrition LLC of Orlando, Florida. The product is available as the Healright bar, on-line at https:\/\/healright.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each bar has 8 grams of fiber, so 2 bars per day provides 16 grams of fiber, intentionally formulated to be about half of the recommended total daily dietary fiber of 25-30 grams a day. The average U.S. diet has about 15 grams of fiber a day.<\/p>\n

Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals needed in small amounts by the body for best health and they should come from a balanced diet. Unfortunately, many people\u2019s diets do not include sufficient micronutrients and fiber for their metabolism to function optimally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea behind these bars is that they could fill in the micronutrient gaps in the typical diet and diminish the impact of deficiencies on metabolic health,\u201d explained Tara McHugh, food technologist and director of the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, California.<\/p>\n

In clinical studies of the formula done by ARS and CHORI (now a department of the University of California, San Francisco), people who ate two of the bars a day for eight weeks without being asked to make any other changes in their diet or exercise had improvements in cardiovascular health (cholesterol, triglycerides, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate), insulin resistance, obesity indicators (weight and waist circumference) and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw metabolic markers shift significantly in positive directions in both lean and overweight or obese groups,\u201d said McHugh.<\/p>\n

Examples of specific improvements in the overweight\/obese test group included:*<\/p>\n