AUG 16, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Effectiveness of Brown Rice, Commercial Meal Replacements and Thiazolidinedione on Ratio Firmicutes/Bacteriodetes and PPARγ Expression in Obese Rats
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security
This is an uncontrolled animal study with a post-test only design, no blinding reported, and surrogate endpoints (microbiota ratio and gene expression) rather than clinical outcomes; it raises mechanistic questions but does not yet support clinical translation.
Reported
Fiber content (meal replacement g…5.74±0.22 g
p-value for fiber content differe…P=0.018
PPARγ expression (thiazolidinedio…4.97±2.88