Gut flora and health

I've been researching this a lot and found this post on Reddit. I'm hoping we can talk about it here.

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[–]MaximilianKohler 96 points 5 months ago* This is wrong, OP is right. Obesity & diet: Gut flora manipulate (through the vagus nerve) their host's eating patterns & cravings, behavior & mood, taste receptors, and more: http://ift.tt/2gXrxPt The gut microbiota affects calorie harvest and energy homeostasis. Germ-free mice have 40% less total body fat than conventional mice although they ingest 29% more calories than their conventionally raised littermates. Fecal microbiota transplanted from conventionally raised mice to germ-free mice triggered a 57 % increase in the amount of body fat and a dramatic increase in hepatic triglyceride levels and insulin resistance without modifying the amount of food consumed: http://genomemedicine.biomedcentral....073-016-0303-2 || Germ-free lab mice also suffer various problems: https://redd.it/419xu9 Doctors call for fecal transplant regulation after seeing unexpected results (obesity transfer in people): http://stirling-westrup-tt.blogspot....or-faecal.html - http://ift.tt/2gXxQT3 When researchers in China took a strain of E. cloacae (B29) from the gut of a volunteer who weighed in at 385 pounds and transplanted it into germ-free mice, the rodents themselves then became obese compared to similar mice fed an identical diet, but without the E. cloacae: http://ift.tt/2gXxSu9 - http://ift.tt/2gXpRW4 Transfer of Obesity via the Gut Microbiome is Mediated Specifically through Suppression of Non-Aerobic Resting Metabolism: http://ift.tt/2gXruDk || They found it wasn't just the bacteria that could produce this effect. Transferring just the bacteriophage was sufficient to reduce resting metabolic rate and cause weight gain in control mice: http://ift.tt/2gXry5Z Dietary modulation of gut microbiota contributes to alleviation of both genetic and simple obesity in children: http://ift.tt/2gXqWgG | Fat and thin people have different gut bacteria; gut flora plays role in weight gain: http://ift.tt/2gXqUFA Gut bacteria responsible for vitamin D production http://ift.tt/1UazD5y and male steroid hormones http://ift.tt/2fRl4JT TED talk by microbiome researcher (obesity part around 11:30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-icXZ2tMRM Freeze-dried poop pills being tested for obesity treatment: http://ift.tt/2fRjjwg Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome: http://ift.tt/1gKJrlR Fast food fever: reviewing the impacts of the Western diet on immunity. Dietary impact on the gut microbiome and the mechanisms by which our poor dietary choices are encoded into our gut, our genes, and are passed to our offspring: http://ift.tt/1GlQ6Ln Children who take antibiotics gain weight faster (also seen in feed animals): http://ift.tt/2fRlvE8 Effect of soda/diet on gut bacteria: http://ift.tt/2fRluA4 – http://ift.tt/2fRrys1 Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota: http://ift.tt/1p3yADp Changes in the microbiome may contribute to cognitive changes associated with eating a Western diet: http://ift.tt/2fRogoJ Decreased social anxiety among young adults who eat fermented foods: http://ift.tt/2fRjEPD Resistant starch alters intestinal microbiota: http://ift.tt/2fRoCvM - http://ift.tt/2fRk48D Effects of Gut Microbes on Nutrient Absorption and Energy Regulation: http://ift.tt/1yWTjwL Starving our Microbial Self: The Deleterious Consequences of a Diet Deficient in Microbiota-Accessible Carbohydrates: http://ift.tt/2gXw0Sk The Effect of Diet on the Human Gut Microbiome: A Metagenomic Analysis in Humanized Gnotobiotic Mice: http://ift.tt/1u7mQla

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