Re:Cutting Back Sugar Improves Obese Children's Health in Ju...
by nathan_f77 on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @03:07PM
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That pill would be awesome. I would actually be willing to try one of those fecal transplants, if I could find someone who has a very high metabolism. It's a bit of a strange thing to ask someone, though. I have a relative with IBS, and he swore he'd never do it, even if there was a good chance at curing his disease. I guess it grosses out most people, but I don't really care.
Re:Cutting Back Sugar Improves Obese Children's Health in Ju...
by toomuchtodo on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @03:18PM
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If you're interested: http://www.openbiome.org/
This line gets parroted around here constantly (its just thermodynamics! calories in calories out!), yet more evidence continues to be provided that macronutrient balance matters, as does gut bacteria.
EDIT: What if dieting turns out to be as easy as naturally selecting bacteria for the gut that can't break down carbohydrates easily, and selling it as a probiotic pill that replaces you're existing gut bacteria? Wouldn't that be a huge win for public health policy?
And before anyone comes in and says that's not possible, check out this women who became obese from a fecal transplant from an overweight donor:
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/02/04/Woman-becomes-obes...