Description
Benefits
- May support healthy immunity: Arabinogalactans have been shown to support healthy immunity by stimulating natural killer cell cytotoxicity.2 A number of studies have demonstrated arabinogalactans to also increase lymphocyte proliferation and the number of CD8+ lymphocytes.1
- Assists the maintenance of general wellbeing: Larch arabinogalactans are polysaccharides that are better tolerated than other dietary fibres such as fructo-oligosaccharides.3 Arabinogalactans are actively fermented by friendly colonic bacteria, providing energy for their growth and metabolism. This also results in the release of short-chain fatty acids acetate, propionate and butyrate.2,3,4