Its a good choice for the gut health benefits this supplement is designed to impart, as a pair of randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trials in 2019 found that a 10g daily dose of the stuff significantly improved stool frequency in a cohort at increased risk for constipation (ages 4075).29 Other studies, including a 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis, determined that chicory inulin may even help with weight management.30 The issue is that successful studies have used very high doses at least 10g per day, as opposed to the 276mg in Akkermansia so the chicorys role here appears to be exclusively as a food for the bacterial species
Abbreviations: DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
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When we become obsessed with any one line of thought (in this case, food), we can become consumed by it and its very hard to think about anything else
No treatment has been recommended for gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, 5-oxoprolinase and dipeptidase deficiency
Understanding this connection between Long COVID and ME/CFS is crucial for validating that these autonomic symptoms are driven by measurable metabolic deficits, not anxiety