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Psyllium and acarbose can both blunt postprandial glucose rise and can both cause gastrointestinal bloating or gas.
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What is happening. Psyllium and acarbose can both blunt postprandial glucose rise and can both cause gastrointestinal bloating or gas.
Mechanism. Additive carbohydrate absorption delay and fermentable substrate effects can increase GI adverse effects.
Recommendation. Titrate slowly, monitor postprandial glucose, and separate dosing if GI intolerance occurs.
Effect on the composite score
If both Acarbose and Psyllium Husk are in the same stack, this pair applies −5 to your Stack Score (per scored caution row).
The full algorithm, the clamping rules, and four worked stacks are at /methodology/stack-score.
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