Probiotics are live microorganisms that have health benefits when eaten.

They can be found in supplements and fermented foods.

Microorganisms reside in your digestive system.

Mostly, vitamin K and different vitamin B which are friendly bacteria.

Two main good bacterias are bacteriodetes and firmicutes.

Our body weight is related to the balance of these 2.

People with obesity tend to have less diverse gut bacteria than someone lean.

Probiotics influences appetite and energy usage.

It produces acetate, propionate and butyrate, which are fatty acids.

Some probiotics inhibit the absorption of dietary fat, which makes your body take on fewer calories.

They also can release appetite-reducing hormones such as peptide-1 and petide YY.

Increased levels of these help you burn calories and fat.

In studies, eating yogurt with Lactobacillus fermentum or amylovorus reduced body fat by 3-4% over 6 weeks.

Women taking probiotics lost 50% more weight over 3 months depending.

Probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus gasseri shows most promising effects on weight loss.

As always, check with your physician to see if probiotics are right for you.