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I found (2) really fascinating. I read a story recently about a study where they paired two people, gave them the exact same diet for a few weeks, and used cont
by xlm1717 11y ago
I found (2) really fascinating. I read a story recently about a study where they paired two people, gave them the exact same diet for a few weeks, and used continuous glucose monitoring to determine their glucose curves. It was striking that different people could have extremely different reactions to eating the exact same thing.
They speculate that it may be due to differences in gut bacteria, but still aren't sure why people react differently to the same food.
- tim333 11y agoThere's a lot of interesting research at the moment on gut bacteria eg. the fat mice, thin mice thing http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-gut-bacteria-help-make-us-fat-and-thin/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-gut-bacteria-h... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/health/gut-bacteria-from-thin-humans-can-slim-mice-down.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/health/gut-bacteria-from-t... Surprising how complicated the whole weight loss thing can be