Replicability of the effect ofGalactosylsucrose-COntaining food for specified
health uses on fecal improvement in the case of availableness onusual life Sadako NAKAMURA and Tsuneyuki OKU
Department ofNutrition and Health Sciences, Faculty ofNursing andNutrition, Siebold University of Nagasaki
| Food for specified health uses is permitted one byone, and the specific health effect has to be certainly based onthe scientific evidences. These evidences must be based on theresults from the experimental protocol and be gotten under severalexperimental regulations. It has not been clarified whether theresult of specific health effects are replicated and applicable ornot, in the case of availableness on usual life. Oligosaccharidesand sugar alcohols have the beneficial health effects and are oftenused for the ingredients of the food for specified health uses. Theaim of this study is to estimate the replicability of the effect onthe improvement of fecal conditions, whengalactosylsucrose-containing food for specified health uses isingested on the usual life. The subjects of this study (51 females,age; 20.1±2.1y.) have to ingest one package (48 g, 12 g×4 pieces)of the cookies type of food for specified health uses containing 4gof galactosylsucrose every day for 2 weeks. They have to ingestfollowing the notice written in the package label, however, noexperimental regulation is imposed on them. After 2 weeksingestion, they report the questionnaire in terms of the effect onthe fecal conditions including fecal frequency and comfortablenessof defecation, fecal softness and odor, and satisfaction afterdefecate. There was tendency that 28 subjects (54.9%) improved thefecal frequency and 26 subjects (51.0%) improved fecal softness andcomfortableness. Their frequency and comfortableness of defecationin 40 subjects with slight constipation were, significantly changedbet.ter than that of in the subjects with normal defecation. These,results suggested that the effect on the fecal conditions byingestion of galactosylsucrose-containing food for specified healthuses is not so remarkable on the usual life. |
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