Effect of yacon syrup on blood lipid, glucose and metabolic endotoxemia in healthy subjects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial

• Autor(a) principal: DIONÍSIO,Ana Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: SILVA,Maria de Fátima Gomes da, CARIOCA,Antônio Augusto Ferreira, ADRIANO,Lia Silveira, ABREU,Fernando Antônio Pinto de, WURLITZER,Nedio Jair, PINTO,Claudia de Oliveira, PONTES,Dorasilvia Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Food Science and Technology (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612020000100194
• topic: Smallanthus sonchifolius; fructooligosaccharides; prebiotics; lipopolysaccharides

Abstract We investigate the impact of yacon syrup consumption on glycemic, lipid and metabolic endotoxemia in healthy subjects. Thus, 32 healthy were randomized into two groups that consumed 40 g of yacon syrup/day (= 8.74 g FOS/day) or a placebo, for 2-weeks. Anthropometric assessments, gastrointestinal effects, glycemic and lipid profile, and LPS were performed at the beginning and at the end of the study. The results obtained shown that the 2-weeks consumption of yacon syrup does not promote serum LPS alteration in healthy volunteers. Moreover, the glycemic and lipid profile were also similar between the groups before and after the intervention. Yacon syrup did not affect blood lipid, glucose or metabolic endotoxemia. However, it is possible that positive effects of yacon syrup will turn evident only in a long-term intervention. Further studies are needed to assess the long-term effect of yacon syrup consumption, and its use in obese and diabetic individuals.