Eating flour made from passionfruit peel `may stop mice from getting fat` as scientists say ...
(WorldNews Health)

Eating a flour made from passionfruit peel may stop mice from becoming fat and counteract the effects of a bad diet, a study has suggested. Mice gorged on fatty foods for 10 weeks in a laboratory. However, some were also fed the grounded down skin of the exotic fruit. Results showed rodents given the flour weighed 14 per cent less at the end of the experiment. They also had 22 per cent less body fat. The researchers in Brazil said the peel is an untapped source of fibre, which helps with weight loss in humans. The nutrient is proven to limit how much fat and sugar is absorbed from food and suppresses appetite. But the mice fed the flour did not eat less. Passionfruit peel can counteract the...