Eating healthy is key for any kind of weight loss success, and it’s downright crucial when you’re trying to get rid of visceral fat around your internal organs, as previously mentioned. With age, your body chemistry changes, and many of those changes make it increasingly difficult to lose weight. Here Michelle Simmons, NaturalNews.com, reflects on eating flaxseeds to prevent obesity and maintain good gut health:

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“Nutrition experts often suggest eating more fiber for improving overall health, and one of the most popular sources of fiber is flaxseed. In a study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers found that flaxseed fiber can improve gut health and prevent obesity.

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In the study, a team of researchers from Denmark and Sweden looked at the fermentability of flaxseeds and how flaxseed fiber influence gut microbiota. Flaxseeds are rich in fiber, which is important in maintaining a healthy gut microbiota as it serves as food for gut bacteria. This results in positive changes in the digestive system, such as increasing beneficial fatty acids that may decrease the production of fat tissue in the body and boosting immune function.

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The research team studied four groups of mice with different diets: A standard diet containing soy-based fiber; a high-fat diet without fiber; a high-fat diet with 10 percent indigestible cellulose fiber; and a high-fat diet containing 10 percent flaxseed fiber. Then, they measured the amount of oxygen the mice used, carbon dioxide produced, food and water consumed, and energy expended. Toward the end of the experiment, they measured the glucose tolerance of the mice. After 12 weeks of the intervention period, the researchers assessed the cecal contents or the bacteria and other biological materials in the pouch that forms the beginning of the large intestine of the animals.

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Results showed that the high-fat group had fewer beneficial bacteria linked to improved metabolic health; lower levels of beneficial fatty acids; and more bacteria associated with obesity compared to the other mice groups. The levels of bacteria in both the cellulose and flaxseed groups were at healthier levels than the high-fat group.”

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