Cravings for high-calorie foods may be switched off in the brain by new supplement

Friday, July 1, 2016 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

Eating a type of powdered food supplement, based on a molecule produced by bacteria in the gut, reduces cravings for high-calorie foods such as chocolate, cake and pizza, a new study suggests. Scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow asked 20 volunteers to consume a milkshake that either contained an ingredient called […]

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