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It works both ways, but once people doing FMT realized that transplanting feces from an obese person to a thin person makes the thin person gain weight, they st
by DougWebb 10y ago
It works both ways, but once people doing FMT realized that transplanting feces from an obese person to a thin person makes the thin person gain weight, they stopped doing that. All of the stool banks now screen for obesity and won't accept donors with high BMI. So now you should only see weight loss after FMT, or no significant change.
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoThat is very interesting. Can you provide any links for this FMT screening process?
- DougWebb 10y agoSure, here's one: http://www.openbiome.org/stool-donation/ http://www.openbiome.org/stool-donation/
- gm-conspiracy 10y ago$40 per stool. Nice.