Lallemand Health Ingredients Introduce Gastro-Ad Fermented Soy
Gastro-Ad, Lallemand’s fermented soy represents a natural alternative for heartburn management, a condition affecting up to 40% people. The supplement is available in different formats to meet markets demands: either as chewing tablets, conditioned in blisters or bottles, or as a powder (recommended intake: 1 to 2 g /day). Developed by Lallemand and based on the company’s scientific and technological expertise in microbiology, Gastro-AD is produced to the highest quality standards.
Feb 27 2012 --- Lallemand Health Ingredients is proud to present Gastro-AD, a food supplement based on non-GMO soy fermented by proprietary Lactobacillus strain L. delbrueckii R-187, with excellent track-record of safe and effective use for gastric comfort and the relief of occasional heartburn, backed by several published studies. Gastro-AD represents a 100% natural and safe alternative to heartburn products management with the extra nutritional benefits and healthy image of fermented soy.
The supplement is available in different formats to meet markets demands: either as chewing tablets, conditioned in blisters or bottles, or as a powder (recommended intake: 1 to 2 g /day). Developed by Lallemand and based on the company’s scientific and technological expertise in microbiology, Gastro-AD is produced to the highest quality standards.
Gastro-AD has been tested in several clinical trials, in almost 600 subjects in total: it was shown to be very well tolerated and led to a quick relief of ulcer symptoms including heartburn, pain, vomiting, and constipation. In a first study (Bogdanov I., 1978), relief from occasional heartburn was observed by one out of two patients, only ten minutes after intake of Gastro-AD.
In a more recent study conducted on patients suffering from gastritis and other gastroenteropathy (Hirata Y., 2003), improvements of symptoms have been observed in more than 80% of patients, in particular loss of appetite and heartburn, after 30 days of Gastro-AD treatment. Certain of this product’s mechanisms of action have been elucidated and further studies are still on-going in order to get a better understanding of its exceptional benefits.
Fermented soy is recognized as healthy, nutritive ingredient, which has been part of Asian culture for millenaries (e.g. miso, natto, soy sauce...) and associated to many health benefits (cancer prevention, reduction of menopausal symptoms, antioxidant, cholesterol-lowering and anti-allergenic effects, gastric comfort..).
It is today favored by vegan and health conscious consumers. Produced under controlled conditions through the fermentation of soy by a unique, well characterized Lactobacillus (L. delbrueckii R-187), Gastro-AD is entirely of biological origin. The gentle processing conditions preserve Gastro-AD’s biologically active metabolites and soy nutritional qualities.
Heartburn is a widely spread ailment and its prevalence has grown dramatically over the past decades. While overall worldwide prevalence is estimated to 10%-20%, this figure goes up in westernized countries: a recent study (Kushner PR, 2010) reported that an estimated 42% of the United States population has experienced heartburn at some point.
In Europe, a recent population-based survey in Norway (Ness-Jensen, 2011) showed a substantial rise in gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms (GORS), between 1995 and 2006: overall prevalence over one year increased by 30%, from 31.4% to 40.9, while the prevalence of at least weekly GORS increased by as much as 47%, up to 17,1%. The same study showed that the percentage of spontaneous disappearance of the condition (without medication), was only around 2%.
