Bacteria in intestines play role key role in weight gain, study finds
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 00:07
in Health & Medicine
A high-fat, high-sugar diet alters the composition of bacteria in the gut, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it. A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it, research in mice suggests. And the changeover...