The Effect of 2 Months Daily Supplementation of Orange Juice With Fibers

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy Volunteers
• Age 60>18 years
• Written informed consent
• Consumers of orange drinks: freshly squeezed juices, commercial pasteurized juices and / or orange soft drinks
• Regular eating pattern

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with chronic disease sach as:

  • diabetes,
  • cancer,
  • C.O.P.D.,
  • metabolic syndrome,
  • over weight,
  • kidney failure,
  • heart disease and
  • osteoporosis.
• Antibiotic treatment in the last 4 weeks
• Subjects on regular probiotic or prebiotic supplementation, unless the subject will do 2 weeks of wash out before commencing the study.
• Subjects with intestinal disorders such as: IBD, IBS, celiac, colon cancer.
• Subjects after intestinal surgery.
• Use of medicines for lowering cholesterol (simvastatin), sugar control
• Pregnancy
• Subjects with abnormal base-line blood test results: liver functions and/or kidney functions, cholesterol level above 200 mg/dL and glucose level above 50 mg/dL (during fast)