The saponins possess a property in an anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anticancer, immunostimulant, cytotoxic, and anti-microbial, bringing benefits to your health, how to lower your cholesterol, help control blood sugar and prevent cancer.
The saponina, is an organic compound that can be found in many plants and foods, such as oatmeal, beans, peas, or snow peas.
In addition, the saponins are also found in the medicinal plant Tribulus terrestris , which is widely sold as a supplement in the form of capsules, of being used by those who want to build muscle mass, it makes it easy to hypertrophy of the muscles.
Key benefits
The main benefits of the foods that are rich in saponina, for your health, they are:
1. To act as an antioxidant
The saponins are powerful antioxidants that protect the cells against free radicals, helping to prevent changes to DNA that may lead to disease such as cancer. In addition to its antioxidant power, it also reduces the formation of the plaques of atheroma in the blood vessels, thereby preventing problems such as heart attack and STROKE.
2. Lower your cholesterol
The saponins reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood and in the liver, which reduces the absorption of cholesterol from food in the intestine. In addition, they increase the excretion of cholesterol in the feces through an increase in the elimination of bile acids.
3. To encourage weight loss
It is possible that the saponins help you in weight loss through a decrease in the absorption of fats in the intestine by inhibiting the activity of lipase and pancreatic. In addition, the saponins are also regulate the metabolism of fat and control your appetite.
4. Prevent cancer
By binding to cholesterol in the gut, and prevents it from oxidizing, the saponins are a powerful nutrient in the prevention of colon cancer. In addition, it helps in strengthening the immune system and are important in the regulation of cell proliferation.
The saponins seem to exhibit cytotoxic activity, which stimulates the body’s immune system to kill the cancer cells.
5. To decrease the level of sugar in the blood
The saponins appear to improve insulin sensitivity, in addition to the increase in production, which in turn may help to control blood sugar levels in the blood.
List of foods that are rich in saponins
The following table provides the amounts of saponins in 100 of their main food source:
In addition to this, the drinks and the wine are also a great source of saponins, especially the red wines, which contain about 10 times more saponins than the white ones.
In order to get all the benefits of the saponins it is important to consume these foods in the diet is balanced and varied diet and a healthy one.
Graduated from the Catholic University of Santos, in 2001, with a license to practice in the CRN-3 no. 15097.
