University of Florida
A study conducted by University of Florida researchers has found that supplementing the diet of infants and young children in sub-Saharan Africa with a porridge made with soybean hulls can improve their overall wellness by normalizing the consistency of their stool and improving the levels of “friendly bacteria” in their guts.
The mothers who participated in the study noted that the appetite and weight of their children improved when consuming the soybean hull fiber porridge.
The single-blind study was conducted by Wendy Dahl, Ph.D., an associate professor of nutritional sciences with UF/IFAS; Edda Lungu, a then-graduate student at UF; and Jérémie Auger and Amanda Piano of the Rosell Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics.