Here's another related article: http://www.sciencealert.com/gastric-bypass-surgery-gives-patients-a-new-set-of-helpful-microbes http://www.sciencealert.com/gast

Here's another related article: http://www.sciencealert.com/gastric-bypass-surgery-gives-patients-a-new-set-of-helpful-microbes http://www.sciencealert.com/gastric-bypass-surgery-gives-pat... This is exactly what I'm trying to do with my diet experiments, though for general health, not just weight loss: "a future step for researchers could be to identify probiotics or diets that encourage the right kinds of microbes to grow to promote weight loss."