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Fiber Helps Prevent Cancer
Diet can play a major role in cancer prevention. The international differences in cancer incidence are largely accounted for by...
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Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum Boosts Gut Immunity
Eight-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats were fed on diets containing dietary fiber at the 5% level for 3 weeks to examine the...
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Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum Does Not Block Food Absorption
Some dietary fibres have been shown to affect the rate of absorption of dietary carbohydrate, protein and fat as well...
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Partially Hydrolized Guar Gum Assists Digestive Immunity
The preventive effect of partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG) on the colonization of Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in young and laying...
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Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum Help Clear Up Diarrhea
BACKGROUND: Partially hydrolyzed guar gum (Benefiber; Novartis Nutrition, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.) is fermented by colonic bacteria liberating short-chain fatty acids...
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Patients Prefer Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum Fiber
High-fiber diet supplementation is commonly used in IBS, although it poses several management problems. Partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG) has...
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Guar Gum Assists Iron Absorption
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG) dietary fiber towards...
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Guar Gum Helps Irritable Bowel
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the world's most common gastrointestinal functional disorder and is associated with several social and economic...
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Guar Gum Lowers Cholesterol by 10% to 15%
Open studies in hypercholesterolaemia with guar gum, a dietary fibre obtained from Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, have shown 10% to 15% reductions...
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