Effectiveness Of Weight-Loss Diet May Well Depend On Which Bacteria Are Present In The Gut,

reported that the effectiveness of a weight-loss diet may well “depend on which bacteria” are in a person’s gut. Researchers arrived at this conclusion after using feces samples to analyze “the ratio of two gut bacteria, Prevotella and Bacteroides, in 62 overweight people.” Participants “on the high-fiber diet with a high Prevotella to Bacteroides ratio lost an average of 10 pounds of body fat, three and a half pounds more that those on the diet with a low ratio.” The findings were published in the International Journal of Obesity. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/well/live/gut-bacteria-may-be-key-to-weight-loss.html