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Scientists have created a chemical that can be added to food to make people feel full.
Initial tests showed it helped people to eat less and slow weight gain.
It harnessed the power of a proprionate, which naturally makes us feel full when it is produced by breaking down fibre in the gut.
Writing in the journal Gut, the UK researchers said their chemical would have to be eaten regularly to have an effect.
The ingredient is a foul-tasting soluble powder, but the team, from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow, are trying to incorporate it into bread and fruit smoothies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30411251
Initial tests showed it helped people to eat less and slow weight gain.
It harnessed the power of a proprionate, which naturally makes us feel full when it is produced by breaking down fibre in the gut.
Writing in the journal Gut, the UK researchers said their chemical would have to be eaten regularly to have an effect.
The ingredient is a foul-tasting soluble powder, but the team, from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow, are trying to incorporate it into bread and fruit smoothies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30411251