Why is ovarian maltodextrin effective in controlling blood sugar in people with diabetes?

According to the International Diabetes Federation, the global diabetes population continues to grow, and ovarian maltodextrin is a new substance that is effective in controlling blood sugar in diabetics. This ingredient inhibits the rise in blood sugar after a meal, and Korean company CJ CheilJedang has developed a blood sugar-controlling food product using it, which is a great help for diabetics.

 

According to the fifth edition of the Diabetes Atlas, published by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in November 2011, the number of adults aged 20-79 with diabetes worldwide was estimated to be about 366 million in 2011, accounting for about 8.3 per cent of the total adult population. The number of people with diabetes is expected to continue to rise, reaching about 552 million (about 9.9 per cent) by 2030. The reason why diabetes is called the scourge of mankind is because of its complications. The complications of diabetes, which are caused by the rapid absorption of glucose in the blood, include high blood sugar, which causes the blood to become sticky, vascular disease, and various metabolic disorders. It”s important to understand that diabetes is a disease that”s hard to get out of.
It”s often said that diabetes is a disease of the rich, caused by excessive nutrition. In France, where there was no fast food and people could eat fatty foods to their heart’s content, diabetes was common, and there are records that King Cheoljong and King Sejong the Great of the Joseon Dynasty suffered from it. So how does diabetes happen? When we eat, rice is digested and broken down into glucose, which needs a key called insulin to get back into the blood and into the cells for energy metabolism. Glucose and insulin are precisely matched to enter cells, and when we overeat, eat sugary foods, or lack exercise, the amount of glucose in our blood increases and the pancreas releases more insulin to match. However, if either glucose or insulin is out of balance, the glucose that is not absorbed by the cells will remain in the blood, raising blood sugar.
Is there really a way out of diabetes, which can take over a person’s life? There is an alternative that is emerging as the only solution. A Japanese food manufacturer has developed ovulatory maltodextrin. This substance is derived from the common corn. Corn contains water, sugars, minerals, and fibre, and a type of fibre is ovulatory maltodextrin. However, only a small amount of this ingredient is found in hundreds of ears of corn, and it is not easy to extract, so a Japanese food manufacturer has developed a patented extraction method with dozens of researchers. The result is a new blood sugar-lowering substance. In particular, it is considered to be a safe material made from natural starch and is used in various food forms in many countries around the world. People with high blood sugar levels or those who are worried about their blood sugar levels can use it without any side effects.
So, how can ovulatory maltodextrin affect people with diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when glucose and insulin are not able to work together and glucose that is not absorbed by cells remains in the bloodstream. However, when taken with a meal, ovarian maltodextrin slows down the absorption of sugars after a meal, preventing blood sugar from rising. Ovarian maltodextrin has an indigestible structure that makes it difficult to be broken down by the digestive enzyme amylase, so it has an insulin-sparing effect on diabetes. In people with diabetes, as well as in people with impaired glucose tolerance who are at risk of diabetes, it is normal for blood sugar to spike after a meal. However, if you take maltodextrin, your blood sugar will return to normal after a meal. Sugars from food are broken down into monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, galactose), which are absorbed in the small intestine and transported to the liver. Ovulatory maltodextrin delays the transit time in the small intestine or interferes with the absorption of sugars from meals, allowing blood sugar to rise gradually instead of spiking. In fact, there have been several studies in humans that have shown that maltodextrin suppresses postprandial blood sugar spikes. In a study by Mizushima et al (2000), 10 mildly hyperglycaemic men consumed a beverage containing 8.3 g of ovarian dextrin for 12 weeks, and fasting blood glucose decreased compared to before consumption. Kawasaki et al (2000) and Sekizaki et al (2001) reported that postprandial blood glucose elevations were suppressed in 30 to 40 adults with mildly elevated blood glucose after a single 5.3 g and 6.8 g dose of ovarian digestible dextrin, respectively, compared with the control group, and in a 12-week study, compared with the control group.
The substance, which was developed by a Japanese food manufacturer, was certified as a ‘functional food ingredient for lowering blood sugar’ by the Korean Food and Drug Administration in 2005 after several stages of testing. In August 2013, CJ CheilJedang, a Korean company, developed instant rice based on this substance to help control blood sugar. It is white rice, but unlike simple rice, it is made to help control blood sugar by coating the rice with ovarian maltodextrin, so it is delicious even for diabetics. Compared to the same amount of rice, the absorption of sugar after eating is slower, so it can help control blood sugar after eating for those who are concerned about blood sugar spikes. It contains 5.3 grams of soluble dietary fibre (ovuliferous maltodextrin), which is a health food ingredient approved by the KFDA, so rice itself can be a functional food.
As a reminder, ovulatory maltodextrin used as a health food ingredient is obtained by heating corn starch, enzymatically digesting the endodextrin with α-amylase and amyloglucosidase, purifying it, and fractionating the ovulatory component to make it suitable for human consumption. This substance has the effect of suppressing the rise in blood sugar after a meal. Many diabetics in Korea and around the world are suffering from the scourge of diabetes due to the imbalance of glucose and insulin. Ovarian maltodextrin is a substance that can help diabetics solve their problems. When food is broken down into simple sugars and absorbed in the small intestine and sent to the liver, ovulatory maltodextrin has a hard-to-digest structure that delays the transit time in the small intestine or interferes with the absorption of sugar from meals. CJ CheilJedang’s recently launched glycaemic control rice contains this substance, which will help people who are concerned about increased blood sugar by slowing down the absorption of sugar after a meal compared to the same amount of rice products.