Lose weight- The consumption of probiotics may help women lose weight

Lose weight
The consumption of probiotics may help women lose weight

Some probiotics may help women lose weight and keep it off, found researchers at the University Laval.

Studies have already shown that the intestinal flora of obese differed from that of thin people . A diet high in fat and low in fiber promotes indeed some bacteria at the expense of others.

The research team led by Dr. Angelo Tremblay wanted to know if a probiotic intake could help rebalance the intestinal flora in favor of bacteria promoting a healthy weight.

Some 125 men and women with excess weight were subjected to a diet of twelve weeks, followed by a period of twelve weeks for weight maintenance .

Half of the participants were to swallow two tablets daily of a probiotic , while the other half received a placebo .

significant differences

After twelve weeks of diet , the researchers observed a weight loss of 4.4 kg for women of the probiotic group , against 2.6 kg in the placebo group.

Interestingly , probiotics , however, have no effect in men.

Another observation , after twelve weeks of the maintenance period , the proportion of women in the placebo group remained stable , while the weight loss had continued in the probiotic group , reaching 5.2 kg on average.

A decrease in leptin, a hormone that governs appetite, was also found among women who took probiotics.

The results of this study were recently published in the British Journal of Nutrition