Effects of Cookies Containing Indigestible Dextrinon Defecation
and Fecal Condition in Human Subjects. Hitoshi OGISO, Yuki ITO, Katsuhiko HAYASHI
Nikken Sohonsha Corporation
Dietary fiber has been defined as Food componentsthat are not digested by the human digestive enzymes, and reportedto have various physiological effects. The intake of the Japanesepopulation was over the rec-ommended intake of dietary fiber (20~25 g/day as an adult) until the 1960s, however, thereafter theintake has gradually decreased and reached to approximately 16g/day in the 1990s, of which is defected approximately 5 g/day Theeffects of the ingestion of cookies containing indigestible dextrin(ID-cookies) were investigated focusing on defecation and fecalcondition in 39 healthy human subjects (12 men and 27 women). Eachsubject was daily given three pieces of ID-cookies (total: 26 g,ID: 5 g) for twenty days, and compared with a non-ingestion period.Fecal volume and the frequency of defecation in the group of tendto constipate were significantly increased by the cookies-ingestion(p < 0.05). Fecal conditions such as shape, smell and feelingafter defecation were improved by self-judgement in all subjects.These results demonstrated that the ingestion of cookies containingindigestible dextrin improved defecation and fecal condition ofhealty human subjects with a tendency to be constipated.
Key words: indigestible dextrin, cookies, defecation, fecalcondition |
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