If You Have a Bad Gastrointestinal Tract, XOS Can Help

Xylooligosaccharides are also called XOS, which are functional polymers. Oligosaccharides are a common health product and are becoming more and more popular. Many people drink oligoxylose to adjust gastrointestinal function and improve constipation symptoms. Compared with soy oligosaccharides, fructo-oligosaccharides, etc., it has some special advantages, which can effectively promote the activity of intestinal bifidobacteria and improve the intestinal flora environment.

The caloric advantages of oligoxylose

Digestion experiments with saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice and small intestinal enzymes show that all kinds of digestive juices can hardly decompose oligoxylose, and its energy value is almost zero. It neither affects blood sugar concentration nor increases insulin levels in blood sugar, and does not form fat deposits, so it can play a role in low-energy foods. Therefore, diabetics, obese patients and hypoglycemic patients can eat it with confidence.

Xylooligosaccharides are one of the most powerful varieties of polysaccharides in promoting the proliferation of bifidobacteria. Its efficacy is nearly 20 times that of other polysaccharides. There is no enzyme in the human gastrointestinal tract to hydrolyze xylooligosaccharides, so it can directly enter the large intestine and be used by bifidobacteria first, promoting the proliferation of bifidobacteria and producing a variety of organic acids.

Efficacy and nutritional effects of xylooligosaccharides

1. Reduce the production of toxic fermentation products and harmful bacterial enzymes.

In vivo and in vitro fecal culture tests in humans show that within 3 weeks of ingesting xylooligosaccharides, the body can reduce the production of 44.6% of toxic fermentation products and 40.9% of harmful bacterial enzymes. Xylooligosaccharides can lower the pH value of the intestine, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, and allow probiotics to proliferate in the intestine.

2. Inhibit pathogens and diarrhea.

Xylooligosaccharides have a strong adsorption capacity for pathogens, such as Escherichia coli, Enteritis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Aeromonas hydrophila, etc., which can be adsorbed on xylooligosaccharides. Since xylooligosaccharides are not degraded by digestive enzymes in the intestines, they can carry attached pathogens through the intestines and excrete them out of the body, thereby preventing the disease from clustering in the intestines and achieving the purpose of preventing diarrhea.

3. Prevent constipation.

Bifidobacterium uses xylooligosaccharides to produce a large amount of short-chain fatty acids; it can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, increase the wetness of feces, and maintain a certain osmotic pressure, thereby preventing constipation.

4. Protect the liver.

Intake of xylooligosaccharides can reduce the formation of toxic metabolites and greatly reduce the burden of the liver on decomposing toxins.

5. Has good compatibility.

Studies have shown that taking a small amount of xylooligosaccharides in daily diet can show health effects. When xylooligosaccharides and calcium are taken at the same time, it will not affect the body's absorption of calcium, but can promote it. The test results show that after taking 2% xylooligosaccharide aqueous solution at will, the body's retention rate of Ca increased by 21% after 7 days.

6. It can promote the body to produce a variety of nutrients, including vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, niacin and folic acid.

7. Prevent and protect tooth caries and inhibit the growth of oral bacteria.

Tooth caries is caused by the erosion of oral microorganisms, especially streptococci. Xylooligosaccharides are not a suitable substrate for these oral microorganisms, so they will not cause tooth caries, thereby inhibiting the growth of oral bacteria.

Suitable population for xylooligosaccharides

Xylooligosaccharides are suitable for the general population to eat, there are no special taboos, and they can be drunk for a long time. People with poor gastrointestinal tract often drink xylooligosaccharides to reduce gastrointestinal diseases, prevent constipation and diarrhea, and provide a variety of nutrients. Xylooligosaccharides cannot replace medicines. If constipation is severe, people need to go to the hospital for professional treatment.