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Losing weight without eating less or exercising more may sound too good to be true. But not if you get bacteria to do the work for you. We know that gut bacteria play a vital role in digestion. But now it seems that increasing levels of one type of human gut microbe can help people lose excess weight.

Science Correspondent for the Telegraph in Amsterdam has reported on the findings of a Finnish study.

“Researchers found that women who took the food supplement during and after pregnancy saw a bigger reduction in both their waistline and overall body fat.

They found that six months after pregnancy the women taking the probiotic were half as likely to have a pot belly.