Dr. Michael Snyder

It was all over the map, although there might have been more of a consensus about this rabizolidin lowering cholesterol.

So we just did it.

We took 18 people.

I know it doesn't sound like very many, but they did what's called a crossover study where they went on increasing doses where they took either 10 grams a day for the first week as a supplement, 20 the next week, 30 the next week, and then did a washout and then switched to the other one.

So they're randomized.

They might do a rhabdoxyl in the first period and then inulin in the second, then a mixed fiber, which the party line would say is supposed to be the best for you.

So we put – and then we do what we're known for these deep measurements, these deep – we measure as many molecules as people's blood as well as clinical measures.

And so what we discovered is that as a general rule, Arabizan did reduce cholesterol and actually quite substantially.

It went down about 25%.

Most do, actually.

Oh, okay.

But they have other things as well.

So these are generally mixtures like apple fiber will have three major types of fiber.

It's back to this heterogeneity of fibers.

So we're now getting the others like beta-glucans, another fiber.

Resistant starch is yet another one.

So there's a whole series of these fibers out there.

yet they're not studied for their individual effects.

And it may be the case, of course, the complex mixture is a big deal as well, meaning getting the right combination.

But we're starting with individual fibers, trying to see what their effects are, and then we will do combinations.