Yacon and Reduced Ghrelin Level

• Acute postprandial effect of yacon syrup ingestion on appetite: A double blind randomized crossover clinical trial.

  • 2020-09-03
  • RCT
  • Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) 137
  • • Lia Silveira Adriano
    • Ana Paula Dionísio
    • Fernando Antônio Pinto de Abreu
    • Nedio Jair Wurlitzer
    • Bárbara Rebeca Cordeiro de Melo
    • Antônio Augusto Ferreira Carioca
    • Helena Alves de Carvalho Sampaio

  • PubMed: 33233227
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109648

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Ghrelin Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  No effect of yacon syrup was observed on postprandial ghrelin and GLP-1 levels at all times evaluated.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  40 g (containing 14 g FOS)