Table 3.

Effects of yacon consumption on obesity.

Yacon Source	Research, Subject Randomized, Dose and Duration	Health properties	References
Yacon flour	Rats (Wistar) Dose: Yacon flour (340 mg FOS/kg/day) for 90 days	Hypolipidemic effect	Habib et al. [54]
Yacon syrup	Obese and slightly dyslipidemic pre-menopausal women Dose: Yacon syrup (0.29/g and 0.14/g FOS/kg/day) for 120 days.	Increased defecation frequency and satiety sensation	Genta et al. [57]
Dried extract of yacon root	Rats (wistar) Dose: Dried yacon root (340 mg and 6800 mg FOS/bw) for 4 months	Reduced post-prandial serum TAG levels	Genta et al. [73]
Aqueous extract of yacon root	Rats (wistar) Dose: 1 mL/kg body weight/day, 4.30 g/100 g of frutans, for 7 weeks	Positive effect on TAG and HDL	Roselino et al. [74]
Yacon syrup	Healthy individuals Dose: 6.4 g FOS/day	Accelerates the colonic transit	Geyer et al. [75]