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fructo-oligosaccharidesFinding

Fructo-oligosaccharides decreases fat mass

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Body fat mass decreased in the scFOS arm while it increased in the placebo arm between V2 and V5.”

Quoted verbatim from Targeting gut microbiota with short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides prebiotic fibers to support metabolic health in overweight prediabetic adults: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study.

This finding among the 27 findings on its endpoint

fructo-oligosaccharides

Fat mass

lowers

Who: Overweight adults with prediabetes, intention-to-treat population, fat mass by DEXA
Dose studied: 20 g/day (two 10 g sachets) for 12 weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 41479657 · 2025

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 3 months

Evidence, by strength

strong
moderatethis finding
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insufficient

03 · The paper

Frontiers in nutrition

Targeting gut microbiota with short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides prebiotic fibers to support metabolic health in overweight prediabetic adults: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study.

2025PMID 41479657doi 10.3389/fnut.2025.1718169An author is affiliated with a producer

What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71GZJRMA8549KXDT9GR0ZYC