Pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, dietetic and nutritional compositions
containing: a) glucomannan, b) Opuntia ficus indica, c)
microcrystalline cellulose present a high gastrointestinal swelling
index, which induces an immediate feeling of fullness, release of
cholecystokinins and slowing of gastric voiding that prolongs the feeling
of fullness. Associating the complex of three vegetable fibers with a
mixture of freeze-dried mucilages increases its gastrointestinal swelling
properties.