
The Food Process Validation and Food Fortification Process (FPVCP) study, published in the International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition (IJFSN), shows that fortification of foods with probiotics and probiotic-rich foods (like yogurt, fermented foods, or green vegetables) has not significantly improved weight loss or fat loss compared to standard methods.
“The findings suggest that it is not possible to reduce weight gain and that fortifying food and/or diet products with specific nutrients is not effective in reducing body weight or fat gain,” the researchers write.
“Our findings demonstrate that a food fortifying process may not be a reliable method to reduce body weight, or even to maintain body weight over time,” they conclude.
“Moreover, the magnitude of effect was small compared to the effects of a control diet or diet alone.
This is not to say that all of the fortification strategies are ineffective, but that some are more effective than others.”
The study’s researchers analyzed data from nearly 10,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 75 who were participating in the World Health Organization’s Nutrition Monitoring Network (NNN).
Participants were asked to participate in the study as part of the National Weight Control Registry, which monitors weight and other health indicators, including body mass index (BMI).
Researchers analyzed data on participants’ dietary intake from food records, health records, and personal health surveys, along with physical activity logs, to determine whether or not participants had any health problems during the 6-month period preceding the study.
In addition, participants were asked about whether they had experienced weight loss, including changes in weight, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, waist-to-hip ratio without waist reduction, and BMI.
Researchers analyzed the participants’ diet, exercise, and health records to determine if they had any food intolerance.
The researchers also analyzed the food intake, activity, and activity records of participants who had undergone the FFPVCC study.
After determining whether participants had reported any symptoms or signs of food intolerance, the researchers analyzed the data to determine which foods were reported as having caused the symptoms or symptoms.
In the FPLC, researchers found that all foods had the potential to cause symptoms or sign of food intolerances.
However, only one out of eight foods (3.9%) were reported to have caused symptoms or symptom in at least one participant, and only one of eight (2.9% of all foods) had a sign of intolerance that led to the diagnosis of a food intolerance in at the time of the FPC.
Researchers also determined the severity of symptoms and sign of symptoms in the FPNN participants.
Participants who reported having symptoms or/and signs of a health problem were more likely to have a symptom or a sign associated with a food (i.e., it was not specific to one or more of the foods in the food record), and to have had a symptom/sign associated with their health problem in the past.
“In other words, the more symptoms/signs/tolerance, the greater the likelihood of food-induced illness,” the authors write.
They conclude that the FPPC study is not conclusive evidence that fortified foods or foods containing probiotics are not safe for people to consume, because there was no evidence of significant benefit or benefit-to benefit ratios.
“These results support the notion that probiotics may be safe, and are in line with other recent studies, such as those on food fortifications in children,” the study authors write in the article.
“However, our findings are not definitive because there is insufficient data to definitively state that probiotic fortification has no negative effect on weight loss and body weight gain.”
The findings may be applicable to people who are already overweight, the authors add.
The findings also suggest that the use of probiotics in food fortified food does not confer any benefit on weight gain, because the amount of probiotic ingested and how much probiotics were consumed were not significantly different in the group of participants with and without food intolerance.””
The authors suggest that people who want to make changes in their diet or to avoid food intolerance should consider fortification.””
Additionally, there is no significant difference in the number of weight loss outcomes observed among participants who did and did not have food intolerance and those who did not.”
The authors suggest that people who want to make changes in their diet or to avoid food intolerance should consider fortification.
“It is important to be mindful of whether and how probiotics will help with weight loss in healthy individuals,” they wrote.
“This may involve determining whether or how dietary supplementation with probiotic supplements can lead to weight gain or other health effects.
If this is the case, then the use and/ or use of nutritional supplements may be beneficial.”
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