date:Dec 21, 2020
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Investigating ghrelin and cortisol effects
In an investigation set to be published in eBioMedicine, the researchers demonstrated that the B. longum APC1472 strain previously shown to attenuate signaling of the hunger hormone ghrelin reduces body weight gain, fat depot size, glucose tolerance and leptin levels.
This was found to be the case in a preclinical mouse model of diet-induced obesity.
In a second part of the experiment, supplementation of B. l