Belly bugs
There are many reasons for the pounds packing on. Bugs could be one of them.
The kind of bugs or microbes you have in your gut could make you fat. We have trillions of microorganisms in our body and these exist in a kind of symbiotic atmosphere in the body. The bugs can do us some favors and sometimes they can cause harm.
Some bugs in the gut metabolize the food we eat and this seems to contribute to obesity.Obese people seem to have more of the Firmicutes gut bacteria than the Bacteroidetes variety. No one knows yet why these gut flora cause trouble for some people.Do you inherit it from your mom or do antibiotics trigger off the trouble?
If we could target these bugs, we might be able to tackle obesity.Blame the bugs for now.
Read this story for more:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003488236_obese21.html?syndication=rss

December 28th, 2006 at 12:20 am
Great post. Highly informative.