CellWell record HH-19220
Dietary guar gum effects on postprandial blood glucose, insulin and hydroxyproline in humans
Torsdottir I et al.
The Journal of Nutrition ยท 1989
In plain language
Guar gum added to a meal blunted the post-meal glucose rise, lowered the insulin response and slowed the initial rate of gastric emptying in healthy men. Two details matter: a 2.5 g dose already reached the threshold effect, and heating that destroyed viscosity abolished it, so viscosity is the active property rather than fiber mass.
- Evidence
- Established
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Studied in
- Human
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