GI supplement may improve gut symptoms, satiety and energy levels: Amway study

The GI primer supplement, which contained functional blends of prebiotics, grasses, postbiotics, digestive enzymes, fruit and vegetable concentrates, spices and select vitamins and minerals, was associated with rapid improvements by day two of the study.

Other improvements included increased satiety, improved stool consistency and increased perceived energy levels, wrote scientists from Amway Innovation and Science, the National University of Natural Medicine and the University of California, La Jolla.

“These data indicate that after daily use of the GI primer supplement, participants’ attitudes toward food and eating generally improved, with participants more frequently reporting attitudes related to physical or interoceptive awareness-related satiety as opposed to attitudes related to sensory or motivation-specific satiety, although the actual energy intake was not considered,” they wrote in the journal Nutrients​.

The supplement and funding for the study were provided by Access Business Group International (Amway’s contract manufacturing sister company).

What is a GI Primer?​

According to background information in the new paper, a GI primer supplement functions through a mechanism of priming the gut through exposure to certain dietary components.

This may “help build microbial and enteric resilience by providing beneficial substrates for microorganisms and host cells to utilize in support of key functions related to gut health (e.g., immunoregulation, nutrient metabolism, intestinal barrier integrity, response to pathogens, etc.), which in turn could mitigate disruptions to mucosal health and subsequent gastrointestinal symptoms, ultimately impacting local and systemic health,” the researchers, led by Amway’s Elena Nekrasov, explained.