Weight loss Linked to Green-plant Membranes

Women who ate 5 grams daily of green-plant membranes purified from spinach lost more weight and had fewer urges to eat unhealthy foods than did those given a placebo, Swedish researchers reported. Women who consumed green-plant membranes also had higher secretions of the satiety hormone GLP-1. Green-plant membranes slow fat digestion in the intestine by collecting around lipid droplets from food, Dr. Erlanson-Albertsson explained via email. "In the end, the green plant membranes are broken down and therefore the fat digestion is complete, although at a slower rate. Absorption thereafter occurs. Satiety signals are released as long as fat digestion goes on. Satiety signals, like GLP-1, suppress hedonic hunger, which is the hunger and urge for palatable food that many people have." Appetite 2014.