Are Probiotics the Cure for Abdominal Obesity? [Obesity Panacea]
Nope, not even close, although I doubt it will stop big food from marketing Activia yogurt and others as a solution for expanded waistlines.
According to the World Health Organization, probiotics are:
"Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host".
Over the past few years there has been a huge surge in the addition of specific probiotic cultures into various fermented milk products, such as yogurt. For the most part the marketing push behind these products has focused on the potential for regulating digestive function (i.e. Jaime Lee Curtis commercial). However, due to a recent study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, I forsee a swift change in gears towards billing various fermented milk products as the panacea for obesity.
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