Many studies have shown the health benefits and protective effects of high fibre diets. This may be due to the high levels of IP6 in the fibre. What Dr M. Shamsuddin, M.D., PhD, Professor of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore found was that in its natural state, however, IP6 is poorly absorbed and he found that in a specific combination with Inositol which he patented, the IP6 became significantly more bioavailable and effective.