Green Green TEA GRADE MICROBIES show promises of weight loss in new study

Fat blocking germs made with green tea, vitamin E and seaweed can provide a new way to lose weight and a possible alternative to GLP-1 medicines and bariatric surgery, according to new exploratory research.

While human evidence is still needed, scientists in China discovered that rats were fed a high fat diet lost about 17% of their body weight when given to edible germs.

Mice also saw decreased fat tissue, ease the liver damage and lower blood fat levels compared to animals that did not receive beads.

“Our work offers a basis for new dietary strategies to fight overweight,” writes Sichuan University researchers in the study, published in Cell Biomaterials.

Obesity affects nearly 890 million globally. The fourth main cause of death, the research team noted.

“Dietary fat congestion is the main contributor to overweight, associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke and malignant cancers,” researchers writes, adding that dietary fat restriction is appearing as a promising solution.

“Weight loss can help some people prevent long -term health issues such as diabetes and heart disease,” said Yue Wu, one of the authors of the study, in a news announcement from American chemical society (ACS). “Our germs work directly on the intestine to block the absorption of fat in a non -luminous and soft way.”

The team tried to develop something that matches the way people “normally eat and live,” she added.

Wu presented the team’s results at the ACS Fall Digital Collection in August.

The beads are made of green tea polyphenols – antioxidants in tea leaves – combined with vitamin E to connect to the pots in the intestine and block their absorption. A layer of sea algae protects the vertebrae from stomach acid.

Almost spicy beads can be integrated into daily foods, according to ACS, and even formed on tapioca -like balls for cakes or bubble teas.

During the 30-day experiment, rats in a diet composed of 60% fat-many higher than 35% to 40% commonly seen in human-extent-diet more fat after eating germs, but without side effects or blood sugar fluctuations.

Compared to orlists, a drug approved by the US Food and Medication Administration (FDA) approved by fat, the beads produced similar levels of fat secretion, but avoided gastrointestinal issues observed in the study.

Orlists can cause digestive problems because the inaccessible fat passes and lasts in the colon. Experimental germs, meanwhile, seemed to inhibit fat and weight gain without breaking blood sugar, digestion or energy levels.

Scientists also noticed that Semaglutide-active component in Ozepic and Wegovy, which are approved by FDA-lowed blood sugar in rats, but caused fluctuations that can cause hunger and lethargy, raising concerns about the side effects on animal study.

“While our study presents a test of the concept for the treatment of overweight using PMFL germs, is explorer and does not reach the pre -clinical phase,” scientists wrote in the paper.

“The results highlight the basic mechanisms and possible benefits, but further research is needed to assess their long -term safety, efficiency and potential for clinical translation.”

The findings should be regarded as a fundamental step for subsequent research, they added.

All ingredients are of the food rate and individually approved by the FDA, scientists said, but the formulation of germs itself has not yet been cleaned by regulators.

A biotechnical company has partned with researchers to scale production and a human clinical test is underway in China. Early results are expected within the next year.

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