Your digestive system is actually a complex ecosystem, playing host to hundreds of species of bacteria that do things as diverse as fermenting undigested carbohydrates and providing vitamins. They also regulate how much fat your body stores. Not everyone, however, has the same gut bacteria. And, interestingly, the composition of this bacteria correlates with obesity… [...]
via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/is-the-obesity-epidemic-a-real-epidemic/
via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/is-the-obesity-epidemic-a-real-epidemic/
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