New Discovery! This Liver-Protecting And Detoxifying Herbal Medicine Can Also Regulate Intestinal Fat Absorption.

I. How does Puerarin achieve weight loss by reducing body fat?

Traditional beliefs hold that fat absorption is mainly a process regulated by the intestine independently, involving diffusion and protein-mediated lipid transport. However, Wang Weiquing's team's research has overturned this belief, revealing a new brain-gut axis that controls fat absorption by regulating the length of intestinal microvilli. 

This discovery opens up new avenues for understanding the mechanisms of weight regulation and developing new weight-loss products. Puerarin, a traditional Chinese medicine ingredient, has significant potential for application in modern medicine, especially in weight loss and weight management. Therefore, calling puerarin a "weight-loss miracle" is not an exaggeration, and it also provides a new research perspective and possibility for the "Year of Weight Management 2024". 

Two, Pueraria Root: A Popular Raw Material for Liver Protection and Detoxification

According to the query on special food information inquiry platform conducted by Shiyanhui, as of September 13th, there were a total of 686 registered information for liver protection healthcare function, of which 256 were related to Pueraria Root, making it the top-ranked raw material in terms of usage frequency. As one of the first batch of traditional Chinese medicine and food materials, Pueraria Root is mainly used in liver protection products, and it is also used in products for lowering blood lipids, lowering blood sugar, and increasing bone density. 

Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) is also known as powdered kudzu, dried kudzu, and kudzu vine. It is the dried root of the leguminous plant Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi, which was first recorded in the Shennong Bencao Jing. Its taste is sweet, spicy, and cool, and it enters the stomach and spleen meridians. It has the functions of relieving muscle tension, reducing fever, producing saliva, quenching thirst, and raising Yang to stop diarrhea. 

There are many chemical compounds in pueraria root, mainly containing isoflavones, triterpenoids, saponins, and polysaccharides. Among them, isoflavones have the most similar molecular structure to the female hormone produced by the human body, and are considered to be plant secondary metabolites [2]. More than 40 kinds of isoflavone compounds have been identified in pueraria root, among which puerarin is the most important component of these isoflavone compounds, followed by daidzin and daidzein.

III. More Benefits of Pueraria Root

In addition to detoxifying the liver and losing weight, pueraria root also has great advantages in protecting the cardiovascular system, lowering blood sugar, improving osteoporosis, anti-inflammation, and anti-oxidation. 

1) Lower blood sugar levels

2) Protect the heart and blood vessels

3) Prevent osteoporosis 

Four. Specific applications of Pueraria root in food products

Because of Pueraria root's medicinal and edible dual nature, its product development has become a research hotspot as people's understanding of its nutritional functions deepens. Currently, Pueraria root is widely used in common food products such as flour products, beverages, and dairy products, as well as functional foods.