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Hearing a lot about gut bacteria these days influencing everything from weight loss to allergies. Can anyone with knowledge verify any of these claims or is it
by rottyguy 11y ago
Hearing a lot about gut bacteria these days influencing everything from weight loss to allergies. Can anyone with knowledge verify any of these claims or is it, yet, another passing fancy?
- tokenadult 11y agoThe study linked here is one step in trying to find out how many of those claims are credible. What I found interesting about this link, which I heard about from a medical genetics researcher, is that the British Gut Study is connected to the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS), which has been going on for twenty years, so it will include some data that are from a genetically sensitive study design. That makes it easier (but not completely easy) to tease out environmental influences on gut microbes from individual genetic influences on gut microbes. The study also includes some data on the twins' health and some other variables of interest. The TEDS research program and all of its study subjects are based in Britain, but the study design is of such interest around the world that the United States federal government helps fund it.