Synbiotics and weight management
Number 7 on our list comes from recent data published in Beneficial Microbes, which showed that daily supplements containing prebiotics and probiotics may improve oxidative stress and enhance weight loss in obese kids.
Obese children on a calorie-controlled diet with increased exercise lost more weight and improvements in body mass index when they also received a synbiotic supplement. The synbiotics were also associated with significant decreases in measures of oxidative stress.
“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing the effects of synbiotics on oxidative stress in obese patients with an additional effect on weight loss regarding to previous studies,” wrote the researchers, led by Prof. Ener Cagri Dinleyici from the Department of Pediatrics at Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey.
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