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Lucy Farrell

Weight loss boost could come from eating certain foods linked to 'slimmer waists'

Fermented foods could boost weight loss and slim down your waist, according to a new study.

From yoghurt to pickled vegetables, live microbes are present in a variety of foods we eat every day. Despite a commonly held belief that this "good bacteria" contributes to our health, evidence of this has been "lacking" so far, according to researchers of a newly published study.

The first "real-world" evidence that eating more of this live bacteria could provide benefits like weight loss, smaller waists, and improved blood pressure has been reported by a study published in the Journal of Nutrition.

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