In yet another antic set to improve the living conditions of the world as the obesity epidemic rises across countries, scientists have created a "feel fuller" ingredient that can be added to whatever the person is consuming so they'll tease their body into thinking they've eaten more.
Researchers across the globe have come together in the last few years to fight a common enemy: the obesity epidemic that has been taking our planet by storm. In the latest scientific breakthrough, a new "feel fuller" ingredient could be added to meals to prevent overeating.
According to Science Daily, the invention of the "feel fuller" ingredient was in charge of the Imperial College London, and the first research paper regarding it was called "Effects of targeted delivery of propionate to the human colon on appetite regulation, body weight maintenance and adiposity in overweight adults " and published recently in the journal Gut.
As Fox News reports, the Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow joined in forces to create inulin-propionate ester (IPE), calling it a "feel fuller" ingredient due to the fact that, in the past, propionate has been found to be good at preventing weight gain in human subjects.
For the invention of the "feel fuller" ingredient, the British scientists added a strong mix of propionate, a compound that is produced naturally by the gut when dietary fiber is fermented by microbes. Now, the synthetic compound based on this, IPE, provides a much larger and more concentrated amount of propionate than what the body can produce on itself.
"There is significant interest in how food components like dietary fiber interact with gut microbes to influence health, but much of the evidence we rely upon comes from laboratory and animal studies," said Dr. Douglas Morrison, co-author of the study, according to Medical Daily. "It is often difficult to translate these findings directly into successful human interventions. Packaging propionate up to more efficiently deliver it to the large intestine has allowed us to make direct observations in humans that propionate may play an important role in weight management."
