USE OF CARBOHYDRATES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF DISEASES CAUSED BY IMBALANCED COLON FERMENTATION

• Main Authors: APAJALAHTI, JUHA, RAUTONEN, NINA, KETTUNEN, ANU, SIIKANEN, OSMO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.02.2012
• Subjects: CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; ICE-CREAM; MAKING THEREOF; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PREPARATION THEREOF; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to the use of carbohydrates in the preparation of a composition for treating and/or preventing diseases and/or disorders caused by imbalanced fermentation in the colon comprising providing composition capable of maintaining a sustained and controlled fermentation throughout the colon of a subject by formulating slowly fermented complex oligomeric or polymeric carbohydrate(s) into a nutritionally, nutraceutically and/or pharmacologically acceptable composition. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising a slowly fermented complex oligomer or polymer carbohydrate as an active component for sustaining and controlling the fermentation throughout the colon of a subject.