date:Sep 26, 2012
The new study, published in the Food Chemistry , indicates that d-fagomine may in part explain the beneficial properties traditionally attributed to buckwheat consumption.
In 2011, data published in the British Journal of Nutrition indicated that the sugar was associated with a blunting of the blood sugar spike when ingested with sucrose or starch, without stimulating the secretion of insulin.
In addition, data from animal studies revealed a reduction in levels of potentially pathogenic bacter