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The supplementary information link at the bottom has a link to the diet and how it was prepared: Dietary intervention and sampling. This volunteer was given a
by gte910h 14y ago
The supplementary information link at the bottom has a link to the diet and how it was prepared:
Dietary intervention and sampling. This volunteer was given a diet composed of whole
grains, traditional Chinese medicine and prebiotics (WTP diet) for intervention. He was
given 4 cans of gruel per day as staple food contract prepared in the form of cooked porridge (370 g wet weight per can) then canned by a food manufacturer (Shanghai
Meilin Meida Food Co., Ltd.) for 23 weeks. Each can contained 100 g dry ingredients (59
g of carbohydrate, 15 g of protein, 5 g of fat, and 6 g of fiber) providing 336 kcal energy
(70 % of carbohydrate, 17 % of protein, 13 % of fat). Fresh fecal samples were collected
with 4 or 5 weeks intervals. Whole blood and serum samples were collected with 0, 9 and
23 week (0d, 9w, 23w). All samples were immediately frozen on collection and stored at
-80 °C for subsequent analysis.
- DenisM 14y agoSo, only 1344 cals per day.
- not_that_noob 14y agoOne can argue it was the calorie restriction and not the bacteria. However, the interesting part was that the pathogen then caused the mice to gain weight.
- indiecore 14y agoProbably because it made the subjects want to eat more. There's no magic bullet for gaining or losing weight, you either eat more or less that your body needs.
- LaGrange 14y agoIt's funny, how you first said there's no magic bullet, then provided everyone with a magic bullet.
- indiecore 14y agoDieting isn't a magic bullet you fool, it's long, hard and worth it.
- LaGrange 14y agoJust being hard, or even applicable in some cases, doesn't make it less of a magic bullet when someone suggests it's applicable to a broad problem.
- indiecore 14y ago> Controlling calorie intake is hardly a magic bullet. That's like saying exercise is the magic bullet for gaining muscle or studying is a magic bullet for passing exams.
- AlexandrB 14y agoControlling calorie intake is hardly a magic bullet. That's like saying exercise is the magic bullet for gaining muscle or studying is a magic bullet for passing exams. A magic bullet in this case would be something that allowed weight reduction with no restriction of calories. From experience, restricting calories long-term is very difficult.
- not_that_noob 14y agoInteresting. Being satiated after a meal is really a marker for obesity - if you eat less to get to your satiation point vs. someone else who has to eat more to get there, you're less likely to put on the pounds. I wonder if this pathogen messes with that sense of being satiated.
- gte910h 14y agoI found it mystifying they did much to talk about the man's weight loss diet at all, as that wasn't the science part, the mice feeding was. But hey, perhaps they can get a study going on it to determine the causal relationship between the endotoxin, human obesity, and intestinal flora.
- sixdimensional 14y agoIs it just me or isn't that basically what they feed you in the Matrix? "Tank: Here you go, buddy; 'Breakfast of Champions.' Mouse: If you close your eyes, it almost feels like you're eating runny eggs. Apoc: Yeah, or a bowl of snot. Mouse: Do you know what it really reminds me of? Tasty Wheat. Did you ever eat Tasty Wheat? Switch: No, but technically, neither did you. Mouse: That's exactly my point. Exactly. Because you have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Wheat tasted like? Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted like oatmeal, or tuna fish. That makes you wonder about a lot of things. You take chicken, for example: maybe they couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like, which is why chicken tastes like everything. Apoc: Shut up, Mouse." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes?qt0324288 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes?qt0324288
- gbeeson 14y agoExcellent quote and that sums it up nicely for me. Gack from a can. Yumbo.