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Gut microbes are only recently being studied as a potential weight gain cause, too. People having the exact same lifestyle and diet may have very different res
by Pooge 1y ago
Gut microbes are only recently being studied as a potential weight gain cause, too.
People having the exact same lifestyle and diet may have very different results.[1]
[1]: The Diet Myth from Dr Tim Spector
- majkinetor 1y agoNot at all. This is also known for decades. Sterile mice get fat. Low dose antibiotic is used for animal fattening as dominant antibiotic source.
- Pooge 1y agoOkay, sure it's been studied for longer but until very recently it wasn't really in the debate—or rather, in the average Joe's mind. Go to a nutritionist and they will tell you to eat less than you consume despite it being much more complex. So I maintain my point. In fact, most of HN, which I consider educated, probably doesn't know about that. I myself heard about it very recently.
- majkinetor 1y agoI find HN's general knowledge extremely lacking when nutrition is in question, basically at the level of general population.