We will conduct a 2 months clinical intervention in which a 20 g appled derived fibre supplement will be compared with a placebo without fibre. The main outcome will be the reduction in the Gastrointestinal System Rating Scale
Participants with constipation and mild gastrointestinal symptoms will be invited to participate. Those with alarming symptoms such as gastrointestinal bleeding or weight loss, those using laxatives or medications with anticholinergic actions will be excluded from the study At baseline, participants will be weighed and interrogated about Their gastrointestinal symptoms using the "Gastrointestinal symptom rating scale" Their type of stools using the Bristol visual stool scale The number of complete spontaneous bowel movements per week Afterwards, they will be randomized, balancing by age, gender and body mass index to receive in a doubly blind fashion A 20 g/day powder with apple derived fiber A similarly looking placebo powder The intervention will last 8 weeks. Every two weeks, participants will be cited to provide a new supply of the product, retrieve the used vials and be interrogated using the same tools as baseline. At the end of the intervention, participants will be weighed again
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
60
This is a combination of soluble and insoluble fiber
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology University of Chile
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
RECRUITINGGastrointestinal symptom rating scale
This scale assesses abdominal pain, bloating and type of stools
Time frame: every 2 weeks during 8 weeks
Number of complete spontaneous bowel movements per week
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Time frame: every 2 weeks during 8 weeks
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