The Daily News – April 21, 2025

What if the key to curbing sugar cravings and improving metabolic health wasn’t in a prescription bottle, but inside your gut? Well, in today’s daily news, we’re looking at a fascinating new discovery. Scientists may have found a way to help the body naturally produce a hormone that acts like ozempic. Scientists have long known that sugar cravings can be influenced by both the brain and the gut, but this new study takes it a step further, researchers found that people with type two diabetes tend to have lower levels of certain gut bacteria. Now, these bacteria play an important role in helping the body produce a hormone called GLP one, which makes us feel full and helps regulate blood sugar and even appetite. Here’s what they discovered when they gave these helpful gut bacteria to diabetic mice, the mice produced more of the fullness hormone naturally, that significantly reduced their sugar cravings. So this means that boosting the right gut bacteria might encourage the body to regulate sugar cravings on its own without relying solely on medications. The researchers also found that the absence of these gut bacteria was linked to stronger sugar cravings. So when they didn’t have the good gut bacteria, they craved sugar more, and that led to higher risks for metabolic issues like diabetes. This research could pave the way for brilliant new treatments, a hopeful study. No doubt. Would you benefit from this type of treatment? Well, we’d love to hear your story in the comments. Thanks again for joining us on the Daily News.