Table 3.

Studies conducted on humans showing effects of probiotics on metabolic disorders

Studied subjects	Probiotics	Duration of treatment	Effects	Ref.
Overweight humans	Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055	12 wk	↓body weight, visceral and subcutaneous fat area, BMI, waist and hip circumference	[116]
			↑serum adiponectin
Subjects with increased abdominal adiposity	Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055	12 wk	↓body weight, visceral fat area, BMI, waist and hip circumference, body fat mass	[117]
Women affected by postmenopausal metabolic syndrome	Lactobacillus plantarum	90 d	↓serum glucose and homocysteine levels	[118]

BMI: Body mass index.