Yacon and Reduced Body Weight

• 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 Weight

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Daily yacon flour consumption … promoted greater body weight … reduction

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

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

• The Effects of Yacon Consumption on Body Weight and C-reactive Protein: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2026-06
  • Review · n = 246
  • Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental 104
  • • Fariborz Porbafrani
    • Mohammad Samadi
    • Karim Parastouei

  • PubMed: 41685137
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2025.100817

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Weight

  • High evidence

  The pooled effect size indicated that yacon intake was associated with weight reduction (weighted mean difference [WMD], -8.22 kg; 95% CI, -16.01 to -0.43; P = .039).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes