Could a carbohydrate curb calorific cravings?

ConclusionThis study found that mice fed a high-fat diet supplemented with inulin gained significantly less weight and ate significantly less food than mice fed a high-fat diet supplemented with cellulose.Additional experiments with inulin and the major product of fermentation of inulin in the gut (acetate) found that they affect the activation of certain regions of the brain, the production of brain signalling molecules and the activity of certain enzymes.These findings give us some insight into how fermentable carbohydrate may suppress appetite.Previous research also suggests there are numerous benefits of fermentable carbohydrates. However, people don’t often stick to these diets, as they don’t like the foods that contain high levels of it or because of gastrointestinal side-effects.One of the researchers stated that a “major challenge is to develop an approach that will deliver the amount of acetate needed to suppress appetite, but in a form that is acceptable and safe for humans”. Until then, if you are having problems struggling with your appetite, foods that contain fermentable carbohydrates, such as banana and asparagus, may help.Analysis by Bazian. Edited by NHS Choices. Follow Behind the Headlines on Twitter. Join the Healthy Evidence forum. Links To The Headlines Pill to switch off hunger possible as 'anti-appetite' molecule discovered. The Daily Telegraph, April 29 2014The pill that stops you getting hungry: Scientists find a chemical in fibre that tells...
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