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Yacon: study protocols

10 study groups say how much Yacon participants took a day. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Yacon: what the research found →

Dose per serving from research

8 study groups in 8 studies say how much Yacon participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 10 g to 25 g, 63% of 8 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
10 g or less
1
10 g to 25 g
5
25 g to 50 g
2

Commonly used together

4 of 10 study groups took Yacon with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Prebiotics
3

10 study groups

Study
Effect of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) on colonic transit time in healthy volunteers
2008 · yacon · Healthy adults; 8 males and 8 females
20 g2 weeks16
Yacon syrup: beneficial effects on obesity and insulin resistance in humans
2009 · 0.29 g fructooligosaccharides/kg/day yacon syrup group · Obese, slightly dyslipidemic pre-menopausal women
290 mg/kg120 days—
Yacon syrup: beneficial effects on obesity and insulin resistance in humans
2009 · 0.14 g fructooligosaccharides/kg/day yacon syrup group · Obese, slightly dyslipidemic pre-menopausal women
140 mg/kg120 days—
Consumption of yacon flour improves body composition and intestinal function in overweight adults: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
2019 · yacon flour · Adults with excess weight (mean age 31.3 years; sex not specified)
25 g6 weeks13
Effects of yacon flour associated with an energy restricted diet on intestinal permeability, fecal short chain fatty acids, oxidative stress and inflammation markers levels in adults with obesity or overweight: a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial
2021 · Yacon flour group (YAC) · Adults aged 20–45 with overweight or obesity (BMI 25–35 kg/m²)
25 g6 weeks13
Effect of the consumption of yacon flour and energy-restricted diet on glycation markers, and association between these markers and factors linked to obesity in adults with excess body weight: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
2021 · yacon-flour group · Adults with excess body weight
25 g6 weeks13
Consumption of yacon flour and energy-restricted diet increased the relative abundance of intestinal bacteria in obese adults
2023 · yacon group · Adults with excess body weight
25 g6 weeks11
Yacon syrup reduces postprandial glycemic response to breakfast: A randomized, crossover, double-blind clinical trial
2019 · Intervention B · Adult women, including normal-weight and grade I obese participants
40 g1 day40
Previous gut microbiota has an effect on postprandial insulin response after intervention with yacon syrup as a source of fructooligosaccharides: a randomized, crossover, double-blind clinical trial
2023 · yacon syrup intervention (intervention A) · young adult women
40 g1 day40
Freeze-dried powdered yacon: effects of FOS on serum glucose, lipids and intestinal transit in the elderly
2014 · supplement group · Elderly men and women, mean age 67.11 ± 6.11 years
7.4 g9 weeks—