What Are the Functions of Oligosaccharide?

Ⅰ. About Oligosaccharide

Oligosaccharide is a new type of functional sugar source, which is widely used in food, health products, beverages, medicine, feed additives and other fields. Oligosaccharide integrates nutrition, health care and diet therapy. Oligosaccharide is a new functional sugar source to replace sucrose, and it is a new generation of "future" functional food for the 21st century and a new product with a wide range of applications and application prospects, which has become quite popular internationally in recent years.

Ⅱ. The functions of oligosaccharide

1. Avoid rapid rise in blood sugar. The indigestible characteristics of oligosaccharides can prevent the rapid digestion and absorption of sugar, and prevent the blood sugar level from changing too much in a short period of time so that the insulin secretion is not easily affected. Therefore, it is a good alternative to granulated sugar for people with diabetes or those who are controlling blood sugar. In addition, general consumption also has the same effect, which helps to prevent the occurrence of diseases such as diabetes and hypoglycemia.

2. Improve the beauty effect. You may want to say, aren't oligosaccharide edible? It is understandable to have a relationship with the gut, but what does it have to do with beauty? In fact, the skin is like a mirror of the body, especially when the intestinal tract is unhealthy and there are too many wastes, it is easy to appear on the skin. When the body starts to become constipated, fermentation in the intestines can go wrong, causing your body to stink. And re-absorption of the digested waste will promote the increase of evil jade bacteria, resulting in an increase in toxins in the body. When there are too many toxins, it will affect the metabolism of the skin and cause skin problems such as spots, wrinkles, and dryness. But the oligosaccharide can help you reorganize the intestinal environment, reduce the chance of these toxins and odors, and naturally, the skin will become more beautiful.

3. Help lose weight. Compared with glucose and granulated sugar, oligosaccharide contains lower sugar and calories, so that you are not easily afraid of gaining weight when taking sugar. For example, a small tablespoon of granulated sugar is about 4kcal, but oligosaccharide is only about 2kcal, it is half less. However, oligosaccharide is still sugar after all, and excessive intake will still lead to the possibility of obesity. Therefore, when eating, you still have to remember to control the daily intake.

4. Promote mineral absorption. In addition to the above-mentioned effects, oligosaccharide can also help the absorption of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc, and effectively improve the absorption efficiency, thereby achieving the effect of preventing osteoporosis.