Posts Tagged ‘gut microorganisms’


Scientists Claim: Antibiotics Make You Fat

Sci­en­tists are dis­cov­er­ing the many ben­e­fits we get from our sym­bi­otic rela­tion­ship with the bac­te­ria that live in our diges­tive tract. Now it appears that gut bac­te­ria play a role in reg­u­lat­ing appetite and sati­ety. And that antibi­otic use, which wipes out ben­e­fi­cial colonies of bac­te­ria, can con­tribute to obesity.

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