Fibermalt is well tolerated in healthy men and women at intakes up to 60 g/d: a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial

Autor:	Kevin C. Maki, Eva Gietl, Tia M. Rains, Arianne L. Schild, Kathleen M. Kelley, Chad M. Cook
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Adult Dietary Fiber Male medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal Diseases business.industry Dietary fibre Oligosaccharides Gastroenterology Crossover study Surgery Double blind Double-Blind Method Reference Values Internal medicine medicine Humans Female Maltose business Glucans Food Science
Zdroj:	International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 64:274-281
ISSN:	1465-3478 0963-7486
DOI:	10.3109/09637486.2012.738652
Popis:	In this randomized, double-blind crossover trial, the digestive tolerance of a novel dietary fibre (fibermalt, an indigestible maltose alternan oligosaccharide) was assessed in healthy men and women. Twenty-nine subjects consumed 0 (control), 45 or 60 g of fibre in two doses per day for 2-week treatment periods, each separated by a 2-week washout. Results indicated no differences between treatments in composite gastrointestinal (GI) symptom scores (sum of six GI symptom ratings), individual GI symptoms (nausea, bloating, GI rumbling, gas/flatulence, abdominal pain, diarrhoea), bowel characteristics (frequency, faecal consistency, faecal hardness, straining, discomfort and incomplete evacuation) or average daily faecal output. The symptom scores were consistently low for each treatment period with means averaging below 1 out of a possible range of 0-12 for the composite score. The results of this study suggest that fibermalt is well tolerated at intakes up to 60 g of fibre per day.
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