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not_that_noob
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Pathogen from gut of obese human causes obesity in...
tl;dr: fat guy lost a ton of weight by a diet that reduced a specific kind of gut bacteria; this bacteria inserted into mice engineered to be thin caused the mice to gain weight.
Ergo, bacteria may be driving obesity.
fernly
on Dec 20, 2012
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Not only obesity, but insulin resistance: basically gave the mice the start of "metabolic syndrome", as also observed in obese humans.
jack-r-abbit
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So in theory, if a pill was developed to just kill that bacteria, fat guy loses weight.
Steqheu
on Dec 19, 2012
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Maybe big pharma and the food industry knew this the whole time.
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Ergo, bacteria may be driving obesity.