Yacon and Reduced Body Fat

• Effect of the consumption of yacon flour and energy-restricted diet on glycation markers, and association between these markers and factors linked to obesity in adults with excess body weight: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

  • 2021-06-19
  • RCT · n = 13
  • Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 91
  • • Priscila Vaz de Melo Ribeiro
    • Adriane Moreira Machado
    • Nayara Benedito Martins da Silva
    • Leandro Licursi de Oliveira
    • Rita de Cássia Gonçalves Alfenas

  • PubMed: 34364265
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111395

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Fat

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  changes in AGEs were positively associated with changes in body fat (β = 0.04, P = 0.038)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  25 g of yacon flour (8.7 g of fructooligosaccharides)

• Consumption of yacon flour improves body composition and intestinal function in overweight adults: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

  • 2018-12-29
  • RCT · n = 13
  • Clinical nutrition ESPEN 29
  • • Adriane M Machado
    • Nayara B M da Silva
    • José Benício P Chaves
    • Rita de Cássia G Alfenas

  • PubMed: 30661690
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2018.12.082

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Fat

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  promoted greater … body fat reduction

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  25 g of yacon flour (0.1 g of FOS/kg body weight)