著者
谷口 啓子 小坂 和江 藤井 わか子 曽根 良昭
出版者
日本生理人類学会
雑誌
日本生理人類学会誌 (ISSN:13423215)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.19, no.2, pp.55-61, 2014-05-25 (Released:2017-07-28)
被引用文献数
2

We evaluated the effects of ingestion of a soluble indigestible dextrin on the defecation in 22 late elderly residents in a nursing home. The experimental duration was 8 weeks, which was consisting of before-administration period (2 weeks), administration period (4 weeks) and after-administration period (2 weeks). Subjects took 100 ml green tea containing 10 g of indigestible dextrin at every afternoon tea time for 4 weeks in the administration period. In the results, the subjects' estimated fecal characteristics significantly improved in the administration and after-administration periods compared to those in the before-administration period. While, there was no significant difference in the defecation frequency or in the frequency of laxative administration in the experimental periods.