Hafnia alvei 4597 Probiotic is available

A reader forwarded this to me with the following comment..

My mother is a health 58 years old women a little bit over weight she started to have after 2 weeks of use: headaches and feeling very fatigued so I think she has die-off, The interesting thing that happen she has swollen lymph nodes under her arm pits for about 25 plus years, the lumps started to regress, I cannot find the microbiome condition associated with this and this strain of probiotic she started to use.

Entero Satys

This is available from France. Link here. International availability is unknown. “Hafnia alvei is a psychrotrophic bacterium, it originates in raw milk and continues to grow in cheeses such as Camembert.  abundant levels of Hafnia alvei can be found in raw milk cheese ” [Wikipedia]


Ingredients: Corn starch; coating agent: hydroxypropylmethylcellulose; freeze-dried bacterial strain ( Hafnia alvei 4597 ); gelling agent: gellan gum; zinc (zinc bisglycinate, glycine, acidifier: citric acid, anti-caking agent: silicon dioxide [nano]); anti-caking agents: magnesium salts of fatty acids; chromium (picolinate).

Research

Hafnia alvei HA4597 Strain Reduces Food Intake and Body Weight Gain and Improves Body Composition, Glucose, and Lipid Metabolism in a Mouse Model of Hyperphagic Obesity 2019

  • “In conclusion, the present study showed that a daily provision of the H. alvei HA4597™ strain in genetically obese and hyperphagic ob/ob mice with HFD-exacerbated obesity decreased body weight gain, improved body composition, decreased food intake, and ameliorated several metabolic parameters, including plasma glucose and total cholesterol levels. “

Commensal Hafnia Alvei Strain Reduces Food Intake and Fat Mass in Obese Mice-A New Potential Probiotic for Appetite and Body Weight Management 2020

  • “Finally, the low abundance of ClpB gene expressing Enterobacterales species found in the microbiota of obese subjects in the present in silico analysis may indicate insufficient anorexigenic signaling from the gut microbiota to the host, further providing the rationale for supplementation of commensal bacteria expressing the ClpB protein with an α-MSH-like motif. “

Role of the Gut Microbiota in Host Appetite Control: Bacterial Growth to Animal Feeding Behaviour, 2017

Bottom Line

There was no detail microbiome information cited in studies above. The mechanism of operation was increase production of a metabolite from this bacteria that alters the number of meals.

The daily dosage is 50 million CFU ** / 100 billion cells, i.e. 5 x 10^7. Some (made in France) Camembert are reported to exceed this level in 1 gram (especially the surface).

It is available as a specialized cheese starter.