The chocolate biscuit that could help you lose weight
Dark chocolate biscuits could aid weight loss, say scientists.
Antioxidants in cocoa-rich dark chocolate may trigger the gut in a similar way to weight-loss injections, making people feel more full and less likely to overeat.
Now scientists have invented a biscuit that adds to this by including an extra ingredient that works like Ozempic.
The team from the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy added a bitter compound from the Artemisia absinthium plant, otherwise known as common wormwood, to a normal dark chocolate biscuit.
Early tests suggest people feel more full after eating it, see an increase in satiety hormones and potentially eat less afterwards.
Experts said that even the normal biscuit appeared to have such an effect, which was then boosted by the bitter extract.
The substance triggers one of the body's GLP [glucagon-like peptide] receptors, which is the target of weight-loss jabs like Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic.
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