Lactobacillus gasseri and Reduced Visceral Fat

• Anti-obesity effects of probiotics beyond BMI: a critical review of human clinical trials.

  • 2026-04-01
  • Review
  • Letters in applied microbiology 79(4)
  • • Hewa Athapaththuge Duvini Athapaththu
    • Gargi Dey

  • PubMed: 41921070
  • DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovag041

  11 Insights on

  • Reduced Visceral Fat

  • Low evidence

  probiotic strains, particularly Lactobacillus gasseri and Bifidobacterium breve, are consistently associated with reductions in visceral fat, total body fat, waist circumference (WC), and body fat percentage

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes