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Supplement

Plum

Evidence

Limited
Evidence: 2 of 5 (Limited)

What the evidence says

Plum (and dried plum/prune) fruit powder is a polyphenol- and sorbitol-containing whole food. Dried plums have some evidence for bowel regularity and bone markers, but generic 'plum powder' in a fruit blend is a presence-only antioxidant source with little targeted evidence.

Whole-fruit antioxidant source; little targeted evidence in blends.

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About Plum

Plum (and dried plum/prune) fruit powder is a polyphenol- and sorbitol-containing whole food. Dried plums have some evidence for bowel regularity and bone markers, but generic 'plum powder' in a fruit blend is a presence-only antioxidant source with little targeted evidence. Grade low.

What Plum supports

  • Polyphenol-rich whole fruit powder

How much Plum to take

The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.

Effective

120

g

Food-level fruit-powder amounts; no established therapeutic dose. Nominal range for a whole-food blend component.

Clinical evidence

Limited clinical evidence. Whole-fruit antioxidant source; little targeted evidence in blends.

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