Clinical Trials

  Significant increase in stool frequency in elderly study.   Elderly Study

Study of elderly nursing home residents (using Fruit-Eze™)
reported in Nursing Home Medicine, November 1995:
       
    • Significant increase in stool frequency for 100% of
participants using Fruit-Eze™.
       
    • Staff had "strong preference" for Fruit-Eze™ Program.
       
      "This study shows that it is possible to achieve marked and sustained
correction of chronic constipation. . . . Typical staff responses
referred to more predictable and more 'normal' stool patterns."

 

Average Number of Stools per Month per Participant
(Aug. – Oct. = establish base line; Nov. Begin F-E Bowel Program)

  Average number of stools per month per participant

 

  Significant increase in stool frequency in children's study.   Children's Study

Study of children 9 mos–19 yrs (using Fruit-Eze™) conducted
by Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, 1998:
       
    • Significant increase in stool frequency for program participants
using Fruit-Eze™.
       
    • Significant improvement in stool texture with Fruit-Eze™.
       
      "The perceptions of the subjects and parents support the
effectivenss of the product."

 

Average Number of Stools per Week per Participant

  Average number of stools per week per participant.