Die Forscher haben die Verbindung aus braunen Seetang gepasst, die anscheinend das Potential des Anti-Adpizierens zu haben scheint-nicht durch Appetitunterdrückung oder Fettverbrennung, sondern indem sie auf das Darmmikrobiom abzielte, um die Gewichtszunahme auf natürliche und langfristige Bekämpfung der Gewichtszunahme und langfristig zu bekämpfen, bei Mäusen erfolgreich getestet, ohne Arzneimittel oder Ernährungsveränderungen.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

A low molecular weight fucoidan with high sulfation has anti-obesity activity via gut microbiota regulation

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144861725005223

From the linked article:

Natural compound builds a fat-fighting army in the gut to fight obesity

**Researchers have successfully tweaked a specialized compound from brown seaweed that appears to hold powerful anti-obesity potential – not through appetite suppression or fat burning, but by targeting the gut microbiome to get your body to fight weight gain naturally and long-term, without drugs or diet changes**.

And because LMWF4 is derived from a safe, edible source – as kombu, it’s often eaten as a cold, pickled dish or dried for a snack or umami-rich stock – it could be developed into a functional food ingredient or supplement for long-term gut-friendly health.

Dear ${deity} I hate the misleading word choices that so often appear in these kinds of articles. If it’s a compound isolated from a natural sources (or even artificial ones), then it’s a „drug“. Most of the things we unequivocally think of as „drugs“ were originally isolated from natural sources in much the same way as this one was. Some examples:

* Aspirin (NSAID): trees in the Salix (willow) genus
* Opioids (anesthesia, pain relief): the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum)
* Ephedrine (a stimulant): shrubs in the Ephedra genus
* Vinca alkaloids (chemotherapy): the Madagascan periwinkle shrub (Catharanthus roseus)
* Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, etc. (chemotherapy): various bacteria in the Streptomyces genus
* etc. etc.

Using phrases like „natural compound“ just plays to the kinds of propaganda the anti-science woo woo peddlers spread about the sources of, and treatments for, serious diseases.