Effect of the novel functional fibre, polyglycoplex (PGX), on body weight and metabolic parameters: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Comments to Article by Solah VA et al., Nutrients 2017, 9, 149

“…The clinical trial registration does not match the protocol described in the manuscript and COI were not adequately disclosed. Using the actual per protocol analysis results of this study, the correct conclusion should probably be that PGX has little effect on body weight which is in line with the results of a 2015 systematic review [2]. …”

Recent progress in the use of functional foods for older adults: A narrative review

“…However, these studies did not found a significant effect of fiber on high‐density cholesterol (HDL)‐C (Table ). According to Yanai and Tada (), from among the 11 meta‐analyses, three showed a significant reduction of non‐HDL‐C caused by dietary fiber intake (Ho et al., , , ), two meta‐analyses showed that dietary fiber intake reduced serum triacylglycerols (TG) (Hollaender, Ross, & Kristensen, ; Talati, Baker, Pabilonia, White, & Coleman, ), and six studies did not find a significant influence of dietary fiber intake on serum TG levels (Hartley, May, Loveman, Colquitt, & Rees, ; Onakpoya & Heneghan, ; Wei et al., ; Whitehead et al., ; Zhu et al., ).…”

Di̇yabet Ve Hi̇pertansi̇yonda Kullanilan Takvi̇ye Edi̇ci̇ Gidalar

“…Poliglikopleks molekülünün oluşması için bu üç polisakkarit arasında kuvvetli çapraz bağların oluştuğu düşünülmüştür. Yapılan hayvan çalışmalarından elde edilen sonuçlarda PGX'in; insülin sekresyonunu arttıran GlP-1(Glukagon benzeri peptid) peptidini arttırarak, tokluk kan şekerini düşürdüğü savunulmuştur (11).…”