Does dietary fiber help you lose weight? Dr. Matsutani helped the internet celebrity’s daughter lose 60 kilograms?

Recently, there was a report on the Internet that the boss of a Japanese company (Dr. Matsutani) developed a product that inhibits starch absorption and helps lose weight in order to improve the condition of his obese daughter. The product helped his daughter lose 60 kilograms in just one year? What exactly is this product? Is it really that effective? Let the Good Food Class reveal the secret!

The true face of the miracle product: Fibersol-2

From the link at the bottom of the report, you can link to the product you want to promote, and then look at the ingredient label of this product. It is not difficult to find that the true identity of this product is a kind of "indigestible maltodextrin" called "fibersol-2". What is fibersol-2?

Fibersol-2 is extracted and purified from corn starch. Because it is almost indigestible by the human body, it can serve as dietary fiber in the intestines. Therefore, it has many health benefits. In Japan, it is also a specific health food ingredient, such as: adjusting intestinal function, regulating blood sugar, lowering cholesterol, reducing neutral fat, etc.

Fibersol-2 is a colorless and odorless health ingredient, and the indigestible maltodextrin contained in fibersol-2 is as high as 90%, so fibersol-2 can almost be said to be the first choice of functional materials, and its market share in dietary fiber-related raw materials exceeds 60%.

Most domestic health tea drinks either contain chicory fiber (inulin) or fibersol-2, and there are related products ranging from capsules, tablets, teas to cola.

So, although you may not be familiar with this name, if you have the opportunity to look at products that claim to have added dietary fiber, it is not difficult to find traces of fibersol-2.

Fibersol-2's mechanism of action

The main component of Fibersol-2 is indigestible maltodextrin, which is a water-soluble dietary fiber. Because it can be fermented by intestinal bacteria, the efficacy mechanism of fibersol-2 is similar to other water-soluble dietary fibers.

➤ Regulate intestinal flora: can increase the content of beneficial bacteria in the intestine.

➤ Promote the production of intestinal hormones: Intestinal hormones regulate many physiological functions, such as insulin sensitivity, fat metabolism, appetite control, etc., and studies have shown that fibersol-2 can indeed increase the production of intestinal hormones.

➤ Promote the production of short-chain fatty acids: After the water-soluble dietary fiber is fermented by intestinal bacteria, short-chain fatty acids will be produced, which can further stimulate the production of intestinal hormones, help repair intestinal cells, and help prevent the formation of colorectal cancer.

Losing 60 kg in a year, is it really that effective?

Animal experiments have shown that supplementing with fibersol-2 can reduce body fat and visceral fat. In the health food certification, 16 products have been approved based on indigestible maltodextrin, which means that fibersol-2 really has health benefits.

However, the most important things when taking health foods are “dosage” and “time”!

After checking well-known tea drinks that have been certified as health foods, the amount of fibersol-2 added is between 7.9 and 9.7 grams per can (590 ml). In human trials, it was found that two cans of fibersol-2 need to be consumed every day, which means that more than 15 grams of fibersol-2 will be obtained from this tea drink every day, and it will be effective if it lasts for more than 8 weeks.

In addition, another powdered product that is also certified as a health food also recommends taking 2 packets a day containing more than 16 grams of fibersol-2 based on the results of animal experiments, and it will take at least 8 weeks to be effective.

Can a capsule weighing only 0.5 grams achieve such miraculous effects? Therefore, I am very reserved about the effectiveness of advertising!

Is Dr. Matsutani's story true?

This "story" began with a 108 kg fat internet celebrity who lost 60 kg in one year. After a flesh search, netizens discovered that the internet celebrity's father was the famous weight loss godfather Dr. Matsutani. This story therefore made it to the annual news rankings.

But the strange thing is that when searching with the name of Matsutani Hara, or the name of Matsutani Enterprise Chairman "Eijiro Matsutani", apart from this news in Taiwan, no reports related to Dr. Matsutani helping his daughter lose weight can be found!

Fibersol-2 does have many health benefits, and fibersol-2 is also a patented product of Matsutani Chemical Co., Ltd. As for the story of helping my daughter lose weight, I'll leave it for you to think about it!

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