kiwi and Increased Water Content in Descending Colon

• Mechanisms underlying effects of kiwifruit on intestinal function shown by MRI in healthy volunteers.

  • 2019-01-31
  • RCT
  • Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 49(6)
  • • Victoria Wilkinson-Smith
    • Neele Dellschaft
    • Juliet Ansell
    • Caroline Hoad
    • Luca Marciani
    • Penny Gowland
    • Robin Spiller

  • PubMed: 30706488
  • DOI: 10.1111/apt.15127

  7 Insights on

  • Increased Water Content in Descending Colon

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  Secondary outcomes: Small bowel water content (SBWC), colonic volume, gut transit time, T1 of descending colon, stool frequency and form.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  two kiwifruits twice daily