Yacon and Reduced Postprandial Glucose

• Yacon syrup reduces postprandial glycemic response to breakfast: A randomized, crossover, double-blind clinical trial.

  • 2019-09-15
  • RCT · n = 40
  • Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) 126
  • • Lia Silveira Adriano
    • Ana Paula Dionísio
    • Fernando Antônio Pinto de Abreu
    • Antônio Augusto Ferreira Carioca
    • Guilherme Julião Zocolo
    • Nedio Jair Wurlitzer
    • Claudia de Oliveira Pinto
    • Ariclécio Cunha de Oliveira
    • Helena Alves de Carvalho Sampaio

  • PubMed: 31732062
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108682

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Postprandial Glucose

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Glucose and insulin concentrations were lowered after yacon syrup intake as compared to placebo at following times: 30 min for glucose

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  40 g of yacon syrup (14 g of FOS)