Q&A: Health and Health Food – 12th Digest Aid Health Food Series

1. How does DigestAid affect constipation and diarrhea?

DigestAid is a sort of functional food made of pine pollen as the raw material and water soluble dietary fiber as functional factors, thus having synergistic effect of these two materials, that is, to replenish nutrients comprehensively and nurse the body's functions. Soluble dietary fiber is a sort of functional oligosaccharides, and also a kind of essential carbohydrate to maintain health, which will swell after absorbing water and give people a sense of fullness. It can delay the retention time of food in the stomach and slow down the speed of absorbing sugar, so as to avoid the sudden hyperglycemia phenomena and enhance the body's sugar-resistance level. Soluble dietary fiber can also soften excrements through absorbing water for people to defecate without difficulty, and directly enter into the large intestine to facilitate the reproduction of bifid bacterium in a large amount and curb harmful bacterium. It can be combined with cholic acid, and then discharged through excrement, which is helpful to reduce cholesterol.
Modern study on medicine and nutrition has found that, dietary fiber in the body has functions like reducing blood lipid and blood sugar, defecation, reducing weight and avoiding colon cancer, etc. DigestAid combines pine pollen with dietary fiber, and makes them interact. In this way, hygienic effects of these two materials are fully exerted and strengthened.
Target people: who suffer from constipation, colonitis, diarrhea and enteritis; it is also an assistant therapy tool for patients of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Directions: Take approximately 1.5-2g with lukewarm or honey water half an hour before breakfast and dinner every day. Be sure to drink more water.


2. What are the healthcare functions of DigestAid？

(1) Promoting enterokinesia and smooth bowel movement, removing deleterious substance from the body, and preventing constipation;

(2) Promoting the reproduction of friendly bacterium in the intestines, inhibiting the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria, and cleaning the intestines;

(3) Inhibiting the action of amylase, delaying the absorption of carbohydrates, and avoiding the sudden onset of hyperglycemia;

(4) Adsorbing cholesterol, inhibiting its absorption and accelerating its discharge, thus lowering the blood cholesterol level;

(5) High fiber diets are large in volume and low in calories, and after absorbing water; they are easily expanded and will give people a feeling of satiety, thus helping control both the appetite and the body weight. Modern medical and nutritious studies believe that dietary fiber has functions of lowering the levels of blood lipid and the blood glucose, relaxing the bowels, reducing the weight, preventing colon cancer and so on. The combination of pine pollen and dietary fiber in DigestAid allows them to interact and gives full play to and enhances their healthcare functions.


3. What are the target groups of DigestAid?

Patients suffering constipation, colonitis, diarrhea, and enteritis;
It can be used as a supplementary therapeutic means for patients suffering obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

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