The Claim
Acute ingestion of 20 grams of fructooligosaccharide or partially hydrolyzed guar gum does not alter circulating levels of active glucagon-like peptide-1, pancreatic polypeptide, or gastric inhibitory peptide in healthy young adults.
What the research says
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Consuming 20 grams of fructooligosaccharide or partially hydrolyzed guar gum does not change the blood levels of glucagon-like peptide-1, pancreatic polypeptide, or gastric inhibitory peptide in healthy young adults.
See the scientific wording
Acute ingestion of 20 grams of fructooligosaccharide or partially hydrolyzed guar gum has no measurable effect on circulating levels of active glucagon-like peptide-1, pancreatic polypeptide, or gastric inhibitory peptide in healthy young adults, indicating these fibers do not acutely modulate these specific gut hormones.
When these fibers are eaten, they pass through the stomach and upper intestine without triggering any change in the release of three specific gut hormones, because they are not broken down or sensed in a way that activates hormone-producing cells.
What the research says
1 studyThis study gave people 20 grams of two types of fiber and checked if they changed three important gut hormones after eating. The hormones didn’t change at all, so the fiber didn’t affect them—just like the claim said.
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