Acacia Gum Is Well Tolerated While Increasing Satiety and Lowering Peak Blood Glucose Response in Healthy Human Subjects

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 618
• Main Authors: Larson, Riley, Nelson, Courtney, Korczak, Renee, Willis, Holly, Erickson, Jennifer, Wang, Qi, Slavin, Joanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.02.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; area; Area Under Curve; blood glucose; Blood Glucose - drug effects; Blood sugar; breakfast; Citrus sinensis; Comparative analysis; cream cheese; Cross-Over Studies; Diabetes therapy; Dietary Fiber - administration & dosage; Double-Blind Method; Eating - drug effects; Female; flatulence; food intake; Fruit and Vegetable Juices; gastrointestinal system; glucose; glycemic effect; gum arabic; Gum Arabic - administration & dosage; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; hunger; Hunger - drug effects; Male; orange juice; Physiological aspects; Postprandial Period - drug effects; Satiation - drug effects; satiety; soluble fiber; Type 2 diabetes; blood glucose; food intake regulation; satiety response; crossover trials; healthy subjects; gum arabic; dietary fiber; gum acacia; postprandial period; randomized controlled trial

Acacia gum (AG) is a non-viscous soluble fiber that is easily incorporated into beverages and foods. To determine its physiological effects in healthy human subjects, we fed 0, 20, and 40 g of acacia gum in orange juice along with a bagel and cream cheese after a 12 h fast and compared satiety, glyc...