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Fermentable Fibre Works Like A Natural Ozempic

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Eating more fermentable fibre, found in barley, oats, rye, beans and lentils, could suppress appetite in the same way weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy do, without the potential side effects. According to US researchers, the drugs' active ingredient, semaglutide, mimics GLP-1, one of the hormones the body releases when it digests food, suppressing hunger signals. Fermentable fibre, the kind that can be digested, or fermented, by gut bacteria, triggers an additional release of GLP-1 once it reaches the colon (roughly four to 10 hours after a meal) and bacteria in th