| Disease | TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE INULIN ON GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTIONS, A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND CROSS-OVER STUDY WAS PERFORMED WITH SIX, OTHERWISE HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS WITH MILD CONSTIPATION. SUBJECTS WERE ADMINISTERED 15 G OF
THE PRODUCT/DAY FOR 2 WKS. BESIDES MACROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS (STOOL FREQUENCY, FAECAL BULKING, ETC.),OR CAECAL TRANSIT TIME, EFFECT ON INTESTINAL PERMEABLILITY, AMOUNT OF FAECAL FAT, BILE ACIDS, DRY SOLIDS, ETC. WERE MONITORED. THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STOOL FREQUENCY WITH PERFORMANCE INULIN. |