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Supplementation with alginate acts as an adjunct to energy restriction to enhance satiety and improve weight loss in obese individuals.
If you are trying to lose weight, consider adding alginate (a soluble fiber from seaweed) to your routine. It helps you feel fuller, which can make sticking to a calorie-restricted diet easier. It is not a replacement for eating less, but a tool to help you do it.
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alginate has been recognized as a potential weight loss treatment, as alginate supplementation has been used as an adjunct treatment to energy restriction, to enhance satiety and improve weight loss in obese individuals.
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The paper is a review summarizing various applications; specific clinical trial data for weight loss is mentioned but not detailed in the text provided.
Source
Alginate: From Food Industry to Biomedical Applications and Management of Metabolic Disorders
Roxana Gheorghiță et al. · Polymers · 2020
DOI 10.3390/polym12102417
narrative_reviewCited 457×
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