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Mouse studies always turn out to be a tease when it comes to weightloss. I say we skip all the probiotic piddling and go straight for human fecal transplants.
by jcampbell1 14y ago
Mouse studies always turn out to be a tease when it comes to weightloss. I say we skip all the probiotic piddling and go straight for human fecal transplants.
Unfortunately, it is hard to get researchers and patients to agree to get an enema of someone else's poo.
- OGinparadise 14y agoUnfortunately, it is hard to get researchers and patients to agree to get an enema of someone else's poo. Money does wonders. And since we spend untold billions a year trying to lose weight or to mitigate it's side effects, the money is there. Even if we lost half an ounce a day, it would be roughly 10lbs a year. More than enough for most people.
- gojomo 14y agoIt's not that hard when patients are suffering and the treatment works. Fecal transplants are already being done for other disorders, and patients are demanding it: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-but-treatment-works-study-finds.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-bu...
- daniel-levin 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy Human fecal transplants already exist