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09/30/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Agave fiber found to improve gut health, help maintain healthy weight

Supplementing with agave extract can lead to better gut health and even weight loss, claim the researchers behind a new study. Their findings, which have been published in Nutrients, suggested that agavins—a type of indigestible sugar derived from the agave plant—can balance out and diversify gut microbiota. For the purposes of their study, the researchers […]

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