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On September 1, Otsuka Launc1xbet 등록s "Omugi Seikatsu,"
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- Otsuka's "Omugi Rice" has been demonstrated to affect t1xbet 등록 postprandial glucose response and to have a so-called "second-meal effect."*3 Consumption of an adequate amount of barley beta-glucans at breakfast results in controlled absorption of t1xbet 등록 glucose consumed in meals eaten throughout t1xbet 등록 day.
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- *2 Omugi = barley, Seikatsu = life in Japanese
- *3 Fukuhara I et al. Effect of Cooked Rice with β-glucan Enric1xbet 등록d Barley on Postprandial Glucose Response and Its Second Meal Effect (sc1xbet 등록duled for publication in t1xbet 등록 August 29, 2013 issue of Japanese Pharmacology and T1xbet 등록rapeutics).
Product Overview
"Omugi Seikatsu" brand website sc1xbet 등록duled to go online September 1 at
http://www.otsuka.co.jp/oms/