Bit of coverage 0905239 May 2023 19:02
How can supplements stay relevant in an evolving weight-management space?
https://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/view/how-can-supplements-stay-relevant-in-an-evolving-weight-management-space-
Gut Instincts
Approaching wellness via the microbiome is a specialty at OptiBiotix Health Plc (York, UK), and as CEO Stephen O’Hara says, “The challenge with weight management is to steer the conversation in a new direction with alternatives that offer no reported side effects but that deliver the same results” as do pharmaceuticals like Ozempic.
For example, the company’s SlimBiome, a patented, mineral-enriched prebiotic fiber complex, “gently expands in the stomach to help consumers feel fuller longer,” O’Hara claims. The ingredient also attenuates blood-glucose levels and reduces craving—all actions seen with semaglutide.
But the fiber complex actually modifies the microbiome, O’Hara says, “to increase the number of microbes associated with lean body shape.”
According to one double-blind, placebo-controlled study carried out by Oxford Brookes University7, SlimBiome reduced hunger by 10%, food cravings by 11%, and food intake by 49%. “A second study8 by the University of Roehampton demonstrated a 21% reduction in food cravings and a 26% improvement in mood,” O’Hara adds. “It also showed that 90% of volunteers lost weight, reduced their body fat, and exhibited reductions in hip and waist circumferences.”
In comparison to injectable drugs, SlimBiome generated no side effects in either study, and it appears to spare muscle even at the expense of body fat—a hedge against reported cases of muscle loss and wastage associated with semaglutide use, O’Hara notes. “So while there’s no simple path to weight loss,” he concludes, “there are safe, effective, and sustainable alternatives that help consumers help themselves.”
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