Dried chicory root improves bowel function, benefits intestinal microbial trophic chains and increases faecal and circulating short chain fatty acids in subjects at risk for type 2 diabetes

Dried chicory root improves bowel function, benefits intestinal microbial trophic chains and increases faecal and circulating short chain fatty acids in subjects at risk for type 2 diabetes

We investigated the impact of dried chicory root in a randomised, placebo-controlled trial with 55 subjects at risk for type 2 diabetes on bowel function, gut microbiota and its products, and glucose homeostasis. The treatment increased stool softness (+1.1 ± 0.3 units; p = 0.034) and frequency (+0....

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Main Authors: Marie-Luise Puhlmann, Roosa Jokela, Katja Catharina Wilhelmina van Dongen, Thi Phuong Nam Bui, Roland Willem Jan van Hangelbroek, Hauke Smidt, Willem Meindert de Vos, Edith Johanna Maria Feskens
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-01-01
Series:Gut Microbiome
Subjects:
Chicory root
intrinsic fibre
gut microbiota
short-chain fatty acids
type 2 diabetes
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632289722000044/type/journal_article

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