INTI for digestion and bloating: ginger + erythritol

INTI for bloating-reflux-nausea": ginger + digestion and ginger bloating: ginger + erythritol

INTI is formulated with two active ingredients particularly beneficial for digestion: ginger (a digestive prokinetic) and erythritol (the best-tolerated polyol). Here's why that's important.

Ginger: The best-documented natural prokinetic

Ginger accelerates gastric emptying—this is one of its most well-proven effects:

  • Wu Study (2008): 1.2g ginger → 50% faster gastric emptying vs. placebo in healthy subjects
  • Functional Dyspepsia: significant reduction in nausea, epigastric pain, and distension (Hu 2011 meta-analysis)
  • Mechanism: stimulates 5-HT4 (serotonin) receptors in the enteric plexus → accelerates transit

Ginger and bloating

Bloating is often caused by slowed transit and excessive fermentation in the colon. Ginger:

  • Accelerates gastric emptying → less stagnation and fermentation
  • Carminative properties: helps expel gas
  • Reduces intestinal inflammation (NF-κB) → improves IBS

Erythritol: The polyol that doesn't cause bloating

Most sweeteners (sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol) cause bloating and osmotic diarrhea because they are not absorbed in the small intestine and ferment in the colon.

Erythritol is the exception:

  • Intestinal absorption ~90%: absorbed in the small intestine before reaching the colon
  • Urinary elimination: eliminated intact in urine, not metabolized
  • Minimal colonic fermentation: <10% reaches the colon → very little gas
  • Clinical study: digestive tolerance of erythritol superior to sorbitol and lactitol (Bornet 1996)

Why competitors' sugar worsens bloating

INTI vs. GIMBER comparison contains ~34g of cane sugar/100ml. Fructose (50% of sucrose) is poorly absorbed by 30-40% of the population:

  • Fructose malabsorption → colonic fermentation → bloating, gas, diarrhea
  • Particularly problematic for people with IBS
  • Aggravates intestinal dysmotility by causing spasms

INTI (0 added sugar, erythritol) is the exact opposite.

INTI for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

IBS affects 10-15% of the population. INTI is particularly suitable:

  • Ginger: anti-spasmodic, prokinetic, intestinal anti-inflammatory ginger
  • Erythritol: low-FODMAP (does not ferment in the colon)
  • 0 added fructose: compatible with IBS and fructose malabsorption
  • Low acidity: less irritating than concentrated lemon shots

Digestive protocol with INTI

  • Chronic bloating: 1 INTI shot in 200ml lukewarm water, 30 min before main meals
  • Digestive nausea: 1 diluted shot at room temperature
  • Post-meal digestion: 1 shot in lukewarm water after a heavy meal

→ Complete Guide: Ginger and Digestion
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