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05/17/2018 / By Ralph Flores

High-fat diets promote the increase of gut microbes that make you fatter…it’s a never-ending cycle

The microbiota plays an important role in the body, even as researchers are still trying to understand the mechanisms by which it does so. However, the results of a study published in Cell Host and Microbe may shed some light on how certain diets affect it. They found that microbiota – in particular, those in the small […]

10/30/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Some gut microbes may be “stealing” your nutrition before you can absorb it

Our gut microbes compete with each other for nutrients, which may consequently lead to us having a nutritional deficiency. Apparently, our digestive system follows a “dog eat dog” world, with intestinal bacteria hoarding vital minerals, leaving us only with their leftovers or their waste. This was the alarming deduction made by a team of scientists […]

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