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Can Dietary Prebiotics Reduce the Rewarding Effects of High-Calorie Foods?
An experimental study of overweight young adults published in Gut demonstrated that dietary prebiotics can reduce the rewarding effects of high-calorie food After 14 days of using prebiotics, fMRI scans showed reduced reward-related brain activation in response to high-calorie food compared to the placebo group Occurrence of short-chain-fatty-acid-producing Bifidobacteriaceae increased in participants taking prebiotics We […]
