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The Nutritional Efficacy of Chlorella Supplementation Depends on the Individual Gut Environment: A Randomised Control Study.

Frontiers in nutrition2021The record ↗

  1. Finding, limited evidenceno difference foundStool frequency

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “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).”
    Study
    crossover
    Duration
    4 weeks
    Interests
    Industry funded
    Dose studied
    3 g twice daily
    Population
    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

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
Japanese women aged 20 to 60 years with constipation tendencies
Participants
40
Comparator
placebo
Duration
28 days
Endpoints measured
15