Tarmbakterie kan være en mulig årsak til fedme

[Fluff]

Nytt studie fra kina viser at en mennesklig tarmbakterie (gitt til mus) kan være en av årsakene til fedme:

"Researchers in Shanghai identified a human bacteria linked with obesity, fed it to mice and compared their weight gain with rodents without the bacteria. The latter did not become obese despite being fed a high-fat diet and being prevented from exercising.

The bacterium – known as enterobacter – encourages the body to make and store fat, and prevents it from being used, by deregulating the body’s metabolism-controlling genes."

The ISME Journal - An opportunistic pathogen isolated from the gut of an obese human causes obesity in germfree mice

Scientists link obesity to gut bacteria - FT.com

[Kimae]

INB4 tjukkinger faller som fluer pga av innvortes bruk av antibac