Got me some of this stuff to add to my gut health regime, along with inulin and potato starch that I guzzle. It is indigestible to both humans and animals, not degraded in the intestine, but fermented in the colon to give short-chain fatty acids, leading to a large range of possible health benefits [6]. One of these benefits is its prebiotic effect [7,8]. It has been claimed that four week supplementation with Gum Arabic (10 g/day) led to significant increases in Bifidobacteria, Lactobacteria, and Bacteriodes indicating a prebiotic effect [8]. Other effects include reduction in plasma cholesterol level in animals and humans [9], anticarcinogenic effect [10] and anti-oxidant effect [11,12] with a protective role against hepatic and cardiac toxicities. And weight loss; GA significantly blunted the increase in body weight, fasting plasma glucose and fasting insulin concentrations during high fat diet. The results showed that regular intake of 30 gm /day GA for six weeks resulted in significant reduction in BMI and body fat percentage (P
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:20:21 +0000
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