Roughly 16% of the worldwide inhabitants, or about 890 million individuals, endure from weight problems. The World Well being Group (WHO) has acknowledged weight problems as a big well being concern and highlighted its affect on the standard of life and general well being of people the world over. In response to this, the World Institute of Kimchi, South Korea, has been publishing a sequence of articles on the anti-obesity results of kimchi in worldwide journals. These articles, based mostly on analysis research on the topic, point out that the common consumption of kimchi, a conventional Korean fermented meals, is efficient in decreasing physique fats and will function a promising dietary technique to fight weight problems.
Current investigations exploring the results of kimchi on weight problems have yielded compelling proof supporting its efficacy. Notably, preclinical experiments in animal fashions of weight problems revealed a considerable 31.8% discount in physique fats amongst these fed a kimchi food plan.
Moreover, an in depth evaluation of information collected over 13 years from the Korea Genome and Epidemiology Research (KoGES), a big population-based research, discovered that acceptable kimchi consumption is related to a 15% discount in physique mass index (BMI) and a 12% lower in weight problems incidence amongst middle-aged males. This research was printed in Meals & Perform, BMJ Open (a British medical journal printed by a subsidiary of the British Medical Affiliation) and was additionally reported in the united statesbased NBC Information.
Persevering with this line of inquiry, a analysis research performed by a workforce led by Dr. Sung-Wook Hong from the Kimchi Performance Analysis Group on the World Institute of Kimchi, in collaboration with the Pusan Nationwide College Hospital, South Korea, targeted on the anti-obesity results of kimchi and its affect on intestine microbiomes. This research investigated the modifications in anthropometric measurements, blood biomarkers, and intestine microbiomes of 55 obese adults, comprising each women and men, with a BMI starting from 23 to 30 kg/m². The individuals consumed 3 kimchi capsules per meal (60g of kimchi per day) for 3 months. The kimchi capsules contained kimchi powder produced by freeze-drying cabbage kimchi fermented at 4℃ for two weeks. The analysis workforce analyzed the modifications within the physique fats composition of the individuals and located that the group that consumed kimchi confirmed a 2.6% lower in physique fats, however the management group that didn’t take the kimchi capsules exhibited a 4.7% enhance in physique fats, displaying a statistically vital distinction between the 2 teams.
Additional, the evaluation of the microbiomes of the individuals revealed that kimchi consumption resulted in a rise within the abundance of the useful intestine bacterium, Akkermansia muciniphila, and a discount within the variety of Proteobacteria, that are related to weight problems.
The profitable completion of this medical trial on the physique fat-reducing results of kimchi signifies {that a} regular consumption of kimchi is efficient in assuaging weight problems signs via the modulation of the intestine microbiota.
Dr. Hae-Choon Chang, Director of the World Institute of Kimchi, mentioned, “The outcomes of a preclinical research and a medical trial have systematically verified the anti-obesity results of kimchi, and current scientific proof that will assist to make the wonderful properties of kimchi extensively recognized, thereby laying the inspiration for the expansion of kimchi as a well being meals nicely acknowledged around the globe.” She additionally mentioned, “We are going to proceed to dedicate our time, effort, and assets in the direction of scientific analysis to bolster the health-functional properties of kimchi, in enhancing gastrointestinal well being along with its immune-enhancing and anti-cancer results, thus firmly establishing the position of kimchi as a world well being meals.”
The medical trial on the anti-obesity results of kimchi was printed within the October 2024 concern of the ‘Journal of Purposeful Meals.’
In the meantime, in Korea, the nation the place kimchi originated, November 22 was formally designated as a nationwide commemorative day for kimchi and named Kimchi Day in 2020. Kimchi is the primary Korean meals to be acknowledged on this method for its distinctive well being properties. Since then, Kimchi Festivals have been celebrated on Kimchi Day within the U.S., U.Ok., Argentina, and Brazil on November 22.
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Lee, W., et al. (2024). Results of kimchi consumption on physique fats and intestinal microbiota in obese individuals: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-center medical trial. Journal of Purposeful Meals. doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2024.106401.
