Guar gum and other fiber agents may have a role, however, in obese patients for the treatment of comorbidities such as diabetes, glucose intolerance, and/or hyperlipidemia.26?????????Efficacy data are contradictory.???????Based on the negative findings of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration44 and no subsequent studies to the contrary.Information from references 8,13 through 18,21 through 26,28,2