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Chlorella vulgarisFinding

Chlorella vulgaris has no detected effect on stool frequency

no difference foundLimited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The defecation frequencies during days 14–28 in the control intervention period and the Chlorella intervention period were compared; however, no significant differences were observed in either defecation frequency or blood folate levels (Table 1).”
Quoted verbatim from The Nutritional Efficacy of Chlorella Supplementation Depends on the Individual Gut Environment: A Randomised Control Study.
This finding among the 6 findings on its endpoint

Chlorella vulgaris

Stool frequency

no difference found

Who
Japanese women aged 20-60 years with constipation (defecation frequency 3-5 times per week), double-blind placebo-controlled crossover with 4-week periods and a 4-week washout, comparator 3 g digestible dextrin and pigment twice daily; days 14-28 of each period compared
Dose studied
3 g twice daily

Limited evidencePMID 34136514 · 2021

02 · The study

Study
crossover
Duration
4 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limitedthis finding
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Frontiers in nutrition
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71JBQ0S2NTBVJK8BTNARREG