NTT Data, HuBit genomix, NCVC Confirm that Natto Helps Alleviate Lifestyle-related Disease.Tokyo, Japan, Apr 29, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data, HuBit genomix, and the National Cardiovascular Center (NCVC NCVC National Center for Victims of Crime NCVC National Cardiovascular Center (Japan) ) have jointly announced the completion of a demonstration experiment with natto, fermented soybeans, conducted in Arita, Saga Arita (有田町 Arita-chō Prefecture. The experiment, in which 61 Arita town residents took part, was intended to elucidate how a regular intake of natto affects the conditions of lifestyle-related diseases. The experiment results show that there is not any significant improvement in the primary and secondary endpoints including the blood total cholesterol level, HDL cholesterol HDL cholesterol n. See high-density lipoprotein. HDL Cholesterol About one-third or one-fourth of all cholesterol is high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. level, and body mass index. However, subjects with high levels of blood cholesterol and neutral fat demonstrated improvement in endpoint levels. In addition, the regular intake of natto helps relieve constipation. Based on these findings, the partners have concluded that the regular intake of natto helps improve hypercholesteremia, hypertriglyceridemia, as well as the quality of life. For the experiment, the NCVC developed a trial framework, and HuBit genomix and NTT Data jointly orchestrated system development, data management and analysis. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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