Probiotic Intervention, Bile Acids and Lipid Metabolism Metabolic Profile in Healthy Overweight Subjects.

"All subjects were submitted to 4 weeks intervention consisting on a dose-dependent regime of Lactobacillus plantarum AB-B (strains CECT 7527, CECT 7528, CECT 7529; AB-LIFE). Before starting the intervention period, all subjects were submitted to a 2-weeks run-in period. During the wash-in and intervention-periods, participants were instructed to maintain their habitual dietary habits and to continue their normal pattern of physical activity throughout the study period.~Treatments during the intervention period were: Week 1: 1 capsule/day taken during breakfast; Week 2: 2 capsules / day at- breakfast; Week 3: 2 capsules at breakfast and 1 at dinner; Week 4: 2capsules at breakfast and 2 capsules at dinner. Each capsule contains 1.2x10\^9 cfu (colony forming units) in a 1: 1: 1 ratio of the three strains."