A recent study reveals usage of certain probiotics in women might help them reduce weight.
A recent study by Professor Angelo Tremblay reveals usage of probiotics in women may help them get slimmer.
Earlier studies have demonstrated that intestinal flora that influences metabolism rate in the body differs much in obese people compared to thin people. The difference is largely due to the variations in food choices. Calorie rich food items with low fiber content 'promote certain bacteria at the expense of the others.' In simpler words, such food items support the growth of intestinal micro bacteria that triggers obesity.
The researchers from the University Laval have tried to explore whether the usage of probiotics may restrict the growth of such intestinal microbes and instead promote the ones necessary to maintain healthy weight.
To confirm the same, the researchers recruited 125 men and women for a 24 weeks-long, weight loss program. In the first 12 weeks, the participants were fed a low fat diet. In the next 12 weeks, researchers primarily focused on maintaining or retaining low body weight in the participants.
During the entire weight loss session, half of the participants were given probiotics supplements (two pills everyday) while the rest were on placebo.
After the initial 12 weeks were over, participants (women) treated with on probiotics lost 4.4 kilograms on an average compared to 2.6 kilograms of weight loss in the placebo group. However, no such differences were noticed in male participants.
In the next 12 weeks the probiotics group continued to lose weight and at the end of the weight loss program, each woman in the group was found to have a weight loss of 5.2 kilograms. The researchers also noted that the appetite-regulating hormone, leptin and intestinal bacteria aggravating obesity were comparatively low during this period.
Probiotics helps in modifying permeability of the intestinal wall, reduces pro inflammatory microbes in the blood stream that increase chances of diabetes 2 and obesity in body.
