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ng l xu hng ton cu va t tn km m hiu qu cng khng phi nh. Ht methi c th gip gim nng ng v cholesterol trong mu. Gim cholesterol Cc kt qu nghin cu cho thy rng tiu th ht methi gip gim mc cholesterol trong mu. Mt nghin cu ti Medical College (n ) tin hnh o nng cholesterol trong mu ca 60 ngi (khng dng bt c thuc h cholesterol no). Sau , nhng ngi tham gia ch c n mt chn xp c cha khong 20 g ht methi trc hai ba n tra v n ti hng ngy. Sau 4 tun tiu th thy mc cholesterol ca h bt u gim vi t l c ghi nhn 14%. iu ny chnh l do ht methi lm gim mc lipoprotein t trng thp (LDL) mt cch ng k. Ht methi cn cha 25% galactomannan, y l mt loi cht x ha tan t nhin, nh n ht methi mi ngy cn gip ngn chn cc bnh tim mch, huyt p, ci thin h tun hon. H thp glucose trong mu Nhng ngi b bnh tiu ng type 2, nu mi ngy dng 20 - 25 g ht methi s gip h thp lng glucose trong mu. Theo mt nghin cu t cc chuyn gia n khi h cho thm ht methi vo khu phn n ca cc bnh nhn thuc tiu ng type 1, sau ghi nhn ng trong nc tiu gim c 54%. Kt qu ny c c chnh nh hai cht, mt l galactomannan gip lm chm tc hp thu ng vo mu, hai l acid amin 4-hydroxyisoleucin kch thch s tit insulin nh gip kim sot lng ng trong mu. Nh vy ht methi rt hu ch cho c hai nhm tiu ng type 1 v 2. Ngoi cc kt qu nghin cu trn, ht methi cn c tc dng tt trn h tiu ha, h h hp, h bi tit, phng nga chng ung th rut kt, gip ph n c thai d sinh, tng tit sa, bo v da v tc, iu kinh, gim cc triu chng nng bng mt, bt rt v au rt m o giai on tin mn kinh. Cch dng Cch dng rt n gin, mi ngy khong 15 - 20 g ht, rang ht cho thm, tn thnh bt, pha nc ung, hoc ly ht sng cha rang, ngm trong ly c cha 200 ml nc lnh, qua mt m cho ht n ra, sng dy ung ht nc trong ly, b xc. Ht c mi thm nh v rau cn ty, d ung. Ht methi c xp vo nhm gia v nn khng c c tnh, tuy nhin nu dng qu liu s c cm gic kh chu bng, d dy, ph n c thai gn n ngy sinh khng nn dng. Hin nay, loi ht ny c bn ca hng thc phm ti nhiu nc trn th gii (nh), nc ta cng c trng nhng cha thu hoch c nhiu, ch yu l nhp t n .

Thng tin v cholesterol Cholesterol l thnh phn cu to ch yu ca mng t bo, si thn kinh v nhiu ni tit t trong c th. Trong qu trnh tiu ha thc n, gan cng phi dng cholesterol sn xut ra mt phc v hot ng tiu ha. Cholesterol vo c th t nhng thc n hng ngy c trong tht m, trng, b, pho mt... chim 20% nhu cu cholesterol trong c th. Bn cnh cholesterol do gan to ra chim 80%. Gan c kh nng tng hp cholesterol t nhng cht khc nh ng, bt, m. C th ni c th con ngi khng th tn ti nu khng c cholesterol, nhng s gia tng qu mc ca cholesterol v ng trong mu li chnh l nguyn nhn quan trng dn n nguy c mc bnh tim mch, tiu ng, v nhiu bnh mn tnh nguy him khc. Nng cholesterol trong mu cao l nguyn nhn ch yu ca qu trnh va x ng mch v dn dn lm hp cc ng mch cung cp mu cho tim, no b v cc c quan khc ca c th. Khi ng mch vnh b hp s lm gim dng mu ti nui c tim gy ra cn au tht ngc. Nu mt cc mu ng hnh thnh trong mt ng mch b tc nghn c th dn n nhi mu c tim, t t, cc kt qu nghin cu cho thy 97% cn au tim c nguyn nhn do x va ng mch. Nu l ng mch dn ln no th mt cn t qu, tai bin mch mu no c th xy ra, cn nu ng mch dn n thn s dn n chng tng huyt p do thn. Mt nghin cu ti M cho thy nu lm gim lng cholesterol tha trong mu s gip gim hn 30% nguy c mc cc bnh tim mch (nhiu nguy c t ch dinh dng t rau, nhiu m, tht...). Cc loi tho dc v thc phm thin nhin c tc dng lm gim lng cholesterol c hi v lm tng lng cholesterol c li trong mu l cc loi rau, c, qu, ht l cc thc phm giu cht x ha tan (c kh nng lm gim s hp thu cholesterol qua mng rut). Trong cc loi thc phm ny c th k n ht methi. Trong nhng nm gn y nhiu nc trn th gii bt u bit s dng ht methi (mt loi ht c thu hoch t cy c c ri, methi seeds) nh mt loi gia v dng ch bin trong cc ba n hng ngy nhng mc ch chnh l phng v cha bnh mc d n c s dng hng nhiu th k qua ti cc quc gia nh n , Thi Lan PGS. TS. Phm Huy Hng i hc Y Dc Tp.HCM