Obesity
Instead of going on countless diets, one of the best ways of overcoming obesity is to exercise each day. Take a 30-minute walk and you'll gradually lose weight - provided you don't further increase your food intake (Myers, 2006).The effect of prebiotics and probiotics in foodIn an editorial published in Nature Reviews Microbiology (vol. 7, 2009), Didier Raoult (2009) calls for further experimental research to be conducted to address and evaluate the possibility that the use of prebiotics and probiotics in the farming industry could be a contributing factor in the increasingly large number of people who are obese. In the farming industry, the use of prebiotics and probiotics (in particular Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobactrrium spp., and Enterococcus spp.) is wide-spread to promote growth and weight gain in poultry, pigs and calves. They are also increasingly ingested by humans, as some manufacturers add prebiotics and probiotics to several of their dairy drinks, yogurts and other fermented products and as health conscious consumers purchase them for their perceived health benefits. Could this practice be one of the contributing factors in the rise of childhood and adult obesity? Medica Pura |
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