Yacon and Reduced Colonic Transit Time

• Effect of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) on colonic transit time in healthy volunteers.

  • 2008-09-10
  • RCT
  • Digestion 78(1)
  • • M Geyer
    • I Manrique
    • L Degen
    • C Beglinger

  • PubMed: 18781073
  • DOI: 10.1159/000155214

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Colonic Transit Time

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Transit time (mean +/- SEM) through the gastrointestinal tract was significantly decreased from 59.7 +/- 4.3 to 38.4 +/- 4.2 h (p < 0.001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  20 g daily (equal to 6.4 g FOS)