Cereal Nutrition and Metabolic Regulation

Dear Colleagues,

Cereal grains, a staple food for a substantial global population, offer a diverse range of bioactive and nutritional compounds, including dietary fiber, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, lignans, phytosterols, and phenolics. Extensive animal and human studies have consistently underscored the potential health benefits associated with the consumption of whole-grain cereals and their functional components, demonstrating a positive impact on reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, cancer, and other chronic conditions. This Special Issue aims to emphasize topics that include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

1. Studies that focus on the digestion, absorption, and transport mechanisms of cereal and its functional components.
2. The metabolic regulation of cereal and its functional components on the liver, heart, muscle, brain, gut, and other important tissues.
3. The synergistic effects between different functional components of cereal in metabolic regulation.
4. New insights into cereal and its functional components in the metabolic regulation of interorganizational communication.

Dr. Yan Li
Guest Editor

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• cereal
• cereal grains
• functional components
• fiber
• protein
• carbohydrates
• metabolic regulation
• chronic disease