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Belly Up: Intestinal microbes could help solve nutritional problems around the world

HEALTH FOR LIFE

Say Hello to the Bugs in Your Gut

Your small and large intestines are home to countless microbes that some scientists think may play a role in determining how fat or skinny you are.

By J. Skerrett and W. Allan , M.D. | NEWSWEEK

Dec 10, 2007 Issue

Whenever you eat, even if it's just a bowl of cereal while standing at the kitchen counter, you're feasting with trillions of your closest compadres. Bacteria, fungi and other microbes share the bounty as food churns through the vital inner tube that makes up your gut. It isn't a one-way relationship. These microscopic critters are essential contributors to our good health. They break down toxins, manufacture some vitamins and essential amino acids, educate the immune system and form a barrier against infective invaders. A provocative new avenue of research suggests that the makeup of microbes in the gut may influence our weight, too. If true, this could provide new strategies for weight control.

Full article at http://www.newsweek.com/id/73357

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Thanks Arne for posting the link for this article - Very interesting.

Ali

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Excellent article. I'm sending a copy to my cousin who has lupus and

other health problems and had her colon removed recently. Before I

told her about it, she had never heard of probiotics and had no

knowledge about bacteria in the gut.

Thank you!

Jarad

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> Sartore / Getty Images-National Geographic

> Belly Up: Intestinal microbes could help solve nutritional problems

around

> the world

> HEALTH FOR LIFE

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> Say Hello to the Bugs in Your Gut

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> Your small and large intestines are home to countless microbes that

some

> scientists think may play a role in determining how fat or skinny

you are.

>

> By J. Skerrett and W. Allan , M.D. | NEWSWEEK

> Dec 10, 2007 Issue

>

> Whenever you eat, even if it's just a bowl of cereal while standing

at the

> kitchen counter, you're feasting with trillions of your closest

compadres.

> Bacteria, fungi and other microbes share the bounty as food churns

through

> the vital inner tube that makes up your gut. It isn't a one-way

> relationship. These microscopic critters are essential contributors

to our

> good health. They break down toxins, manufacture some vitamins and

essential

> amino acids, educate the immune system and form a barrier against

infective

> invaders. A provocative new avenue of research suggests that the

makeup of

> microbes in the gut may influence our weight, too. If true, this

could

> provide new strategies for weight control.

>

> Full article at http://www.newsweek.com/id/73357

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