FarmaLabor Psyllium Powder 100g

Psyllium Seeds FarmaLabor - Food Supplement

Ingredients: Psyllium Ground seeds

Psyllium is a common ingredient in some breakfast cereals, but also an important component of food supplements, as a normalizer of intestinal functions.

It is an annual herbaceous plant with a stem up to 30-40 cm high. In Italy it grows in the Mediterranean area, in grassy places, meadows, pastures and sandy places. The name derives from the Greek "Psylla", flea, due to the appearance of the seeds.

The main characteristic of psyllium seeds is linked precisely to the mucilaginous coating that covers them, which in contact with water expands to increase its weight by 25 times. the laxative effect therefore depends on its ability to recall liquids in the lumen of the intestine , swelling, increasing the intestinal contents and consequently stimulating peristalsis and evacuation.

This effect, called it is typical of laxatives that increase and soften the fecal mass, particularly appreciated for their safety and efficacy. Like all laxatives belonging to this category, to obtain the desired effect, they must be taken together with abundant liquids.

The action of psyllium is mainly purifying, the psyllium fiber is soluble but not fermentable therefore: it exerts a purifying action from bacteria and waste present in the intestine.

Psyllium is not suitable in cases where the increase in fecal mass can present contraindications, particularly in elderly subjects with deviations and malformations of the intestine, these subjects can be constipated more by the psyllium fibers.

Format

Pack of 100 g.